A liberdade é um bem comum, e se todos não desfrutam dela, não serão livres nem os que se julgam como tal.

Não é livre quem não tem inteligência suficiente para adquirir ou defender a liberdade.

A liberdade custa muito caro e temos ou de nos resignarmos a viver sem ela ou de nos decidirmos a pagar o seu preço.

Não há direito de exigir consciência a quem se nega liberdade.

A liberdade não consiste só em seguir a sua própria vontade, mas às vezes também em fugir dela.

Mas onde se deve procurar a liberdade é nos sentimentos. Esses é que são a essência viva da alma.

Enquanto a maioria dos homens não for livre, não se pode conceber o homem livre.

A liberdade, como a felicidade, é nociva para um e útil para outro.

Defendei a vossa liberdade, mas estimai a dos outros.

A liberdade é a possibilidade do isolamento. Se te é impossível viver só, nasceste escravo.

Desejo tanto que respeitem a minha liberdade que sou incapaz de não respeitar a dos outros.

A exigência de liberdade é uma exigência de poder.

A liberdade é, antes de tudo, o direito à desigualdade.

A liberdade é uma sensação. Por vezes pode-se esperá-la, fechado numa gaiola como um pássaro.

A maior parte dos males e misérias dos homens provêm, não da falta de liberdade, mas do seu abuso e demasia.

É livre a pessoa se pode avançar abertamente sem ter de utilizar artimanhas.

Liberdade significa responsabilidade, é por isso que a maioria das pessoas a teme.

A felicidade é parecida com a liberdade, porque toda a gente fala nela e ninguém a goza.

Não é livre o homem que não se governa a si mesmo; a liberdade existe na proporção do autodomínio equilibrado.

Para conservar a liberdade, a morte, que é o último dos males, não deve recear-se.

I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.

To write good poems is the secret of brevity.

If a man does not exercise his arm he develops no biceps muscle; and if a man does not exercise his soul, he acquires no muscle in his soul, no strength of character, no vigor of moral fiber, nor beauty of Spiritual growth.

Trust what your instincts are telling you, it's your souls voice pointing you in the right direction.

I like control.

I don't think I could play a character that I couldn't relate to somehow. I'm not unfamiliar with frustration, anger, shame, helplessness and a load of other emotions that make up our psycho-soup. I try to focus on that frustration, that sense of unfairness, and multiply it.

I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before.

I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.

I'm not making art, I'm making sushi.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

Contrary to common assumption, many of the wealthiest Americans aren't worried about the weakening economy at all. They are actually excited about it.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It's about being better than you used to be.

The growing professional disciplines of medical ethics and bioethics have had a profound impact on researchers, bedside doctors, associations of physicians, and government.

I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.

My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.

In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight are victorious. Those who discern when to use many or few troops are victorious. Those whose upper and lower ranks have the same desire are victorious.

I find it's usually the bullies who are the most insecure.

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be used against them - which sometimes happened.

When advertisers ignore diversity, it is because they don't think the lives of others matter. There is not enough of a financial imperative for those lives to matter.

It's always exciting when you love something and you get the opportunity to share it with more people.

The intercourse between the Mediterranean and the North or between the Atlantic and Central Europe was never purely economic or political; it also meant the exchange of knowledge and ideas and the influence of social institutions and artistic and literary forms.