Quotes about Freedom
Such utterly free and gratuitous love is the only love that validates, transforms, and changes us at the deepest levels of consciousness. It is what we all desire and what we were created for. Once you allow it for yourself, you will almost naturally become a conduit of the same for others.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
They are comfortable knowing, and they are comfortable not knowing. They can care and not care—without guilt or shame. They can act without success because they have named their fear of failure. They do not need to affirm or deny, judge or ignore. But they are free to do all of them with impunity. A saint is invincible.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
It seems we are not that free to be honest, or even aware, because most of our garbage is buried in the unconscious. So, it is absolutely essential that we find a spirituality that reaches to that hidden level. If not, nothing really changes.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.
— Rick Warren
we are product of our past but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
— Rick Warren
Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. Problems grow in the dark and become bigger and bigger, but when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink. You are only as sick as your secrets. So take off your mask, stop pretending you're perfect, and walk into freedom.
— Rick Warren
You're only as sick as your secrets.
— Rick Warren
A truly free society protects all faiths, and true faith protects a free society.
— Rick Warren
here is the good news, the truth that will set you free: You don't need their approval to be happy! So let it go! Stop wasting emotional energy on something that is never going to happen and something that isn't necessary for you to be happy. They are miserable, but you don't have to be. There is no sane reason for both of you to be miserable!
— Rick Warren
Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be.
— Rick Warren
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
— Rick Warren
When you base your worth and identity on your relationship to Christ, you are freed from the expectations of others, and that allows you to really serve them best.
— Rick Warren