Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.