Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."

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A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

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Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.

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Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. — Nelson Mandela

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Our nature is obscured by work done by the compulsion of want or fear. The mother reveals herself in the service of her children, so our true freedom is not the freedom from action but freedom in action, which can only be attained in the work of love.

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It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.

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The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage. – Albert Camus

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Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

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