Quotes about Liberation

Release is not the same as liberation. You get out of jail, all right, but you never stop being condemned.

Liberation is not deliverance. One gets free from the galleys, but not from the sentence. That

Liberation is not deliverance. A convict may leave prison behind but not his sentence.

Breaking the gloomy bonds of the past is a mournful task.

Missions are stupid, Tereza. I have no mission. No one has. And it's a terrific relief to realize you're free, free of all missions.

For seven years he had lived bound to her,his every step subject to her scrutiny. She might as well have chained iron balls to his ankles. Suddenly his step was much lighter. He soared. He had entered Parmenides' magic field: he was enjoying the sweet lightness of being''.

You are what you want to become. Why search anymore? You are a wonderful manifestation. The whole universe has come together to make your existence possible. There is nothing that is not you. The kingdom of God, the Pure Land, nirvana, happiness, and liberation are all you.

I feel so sorry that many Christians live in bondage even though Jesus has signed their release form with His own blood.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-conciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.

A conditioned mind is never a free mind.

It is the truth of grace and not of the law that brings you true freedom. The truth of the law only binds you. In fact, religious bondage is one of the most crippling bondages with which a person can be encumbered. Religious bondage keeps one in constant fear, guilt, and anxiety.

When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.