Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
freedom, full enjoyment, desire
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
emancipation, bondage, soil, freedom
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.
freedom, general, defined, absence
Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
living is not enough, sunshine, freedom