Vrijheid Quotes & Sayings

When the human being says:
'It is not true ... '
He may mean:
'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'
Or:
'I don't like it. — Idries Shah

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one. — William Penn

Like charity, I believe glamour should begin at home. — Loretta Young

Fingers touch the pages. They turn me. I continue on. I always do. All is big. The — Markus Zusak

There it was again: "Came in to see us", as if it were an enjoyable little day trip that lots of people made, just because it was such a nice place to be. — Ruth Mancini

The human mind is prone to pride even when not supported by power; how much more, then, does it exalt itself when it has that support? — Pope Gregory I

I guess that's the secret. It would never have occurred to Lia to want to escape
but then she gets kicked out. Best thing that ever happened to her? I'm not sure she would say yes, because obliviousness tends to be rather pleasant, but once you realized you've been bolivious, there's no turning back. You can't un-know what you know.
You know? — Robin Wasserman

I am proposing to you as a rallying emblem the letter V, because V is the first letter of the words 'Victoire' in French, and 'Vrijheid' in Flemish ... the Victory which will give us back our freedom, the Victory of our good friends the English. Their word for Victory also begins with V. As you see, things fit all round. — Victor De Laveleye

Conversation is but carving! Give no more to every guest Than he's able to digest. — Jonathan Swift

I want to give up every single day of my life, but I can't. I'm obsessed. — Ruba Nadda

First, let us light the torch of our awareness and learn again how to drink tea, eat, wash dishes, walk, sit, drive, and work in awareness. We do not have to be swept along by circumstances. We are not just a leaf or a log in a rushing river. With awareness, each of our daily acts takes on a new meaning, and we discover that we are more than machines, that our activities are not just mindless repetitions. We find that life is a miracle, the universe is a miracle, and we too are a miracle. — Nhat Hanh

If I cannot retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis upon which he will respect me, then for the sake of his soul I have got occasionally to knock him down. — Woodrow Wilson

It's rare to be treated like a friend you haven't met in a Hollywood meeting. — David Ogden Stiers

Wright died in his room at home at 7 Hawthorn Street at 3:15 in the morning, Thursday, May 30, 1912. He was forty-five years old. — David McCullough

Can there be any greater reproach than an idle learning? Learn to split wood, at least. — Henry David Thoreau

'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas Pynchon had a love child, and it was raised by Frank Zappa on a weird commune, that would be this book. — Libba Bray