Freedom of mind is the real freedom.
A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man.
One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man.
One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead.
Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.

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and the head is held high,
where knowledge is free.
Wh...
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MARY ROBINSON He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart ...
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SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
ST. AURELIUS AUGUSTINE Here at last
We shall be free;
the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not driv...
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GARY F EVANS... Money is not everything.
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GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception.
DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire!
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Not to mind about it hurting.
Not to mind about anything.
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NELSON MANDELA Why does a human body become deceased?
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AUBERON HERBERT A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love...
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TEKOA MANNING A man is either free or he is not.
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FERDINAND MOUNT Though critics may bow to art, and I am its own true lover,
It is not art, but heart, which win...
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KAHLIL GIBRAN No man is free who is not a master of himself.
EPICTETUS No man is free who is not a master of himself
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The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can ma...
JOHN MILTON ...it is not enough to be free
of the whips, principalities and powers
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The one w...
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it is with an enemy that hides deep within you....
HENNA SOHAIL While there is a lower class, I am in it.
While there is a criminal element, I am of it.
...
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ALDOUS HUXLEY We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is the source and condition...
FRIEDRICH AUGUST HAYEK If thy mind is altogether free, thou wilt not again enter into birth and decay.
FRIEDRICH MAX MULLER It is not righteousness to outrage
A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.
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