Notable Quotable 291

Jun 11, 2024

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

- Henry David Thoreau

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.

- Leo Buscalia

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

- Deepak Chopra

It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained,. . .

the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no doubt, be recognized as a Person; but he or she has not attained the truth of this recognition as an independent self-consciousness.

- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

When people are inspired, they achieve more than they ever thought possible.

- Michael Abrashoff

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I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

- Christopher McCandless

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

- George Washington Carver

To be inspired is the ultimate antidote to existential despair.

- Jason Silva

Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

- Fannie Lou Hamer

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

- L. F Stone