It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal. Enlightenment is dropping all that.
Freedom is just another word: It seems to get truer the older I get.
For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.
I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.
Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.