"To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom."

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Source : Andre Gide (2015). “The Immoralist”, p.8, Lulu Press, Inc

Andre Gide

#Liberty Quotes #Oneself Quotes

“The great majority of people in England and America are modest, decent and pure-minded and the amount of virgins in the world today is stupendous.”
“It is true [the risk for travel is greater] for we now operate in a global market. Business travelers are conducting business all over the world as if they are conducting business in their own backyards.”

Source : "Risky business: Do I stay or go?" by Nick Easen, www.cnn.com. August 7, 2003.
“In the old-fashioned sitcoms, to be gay was, in itself, funny, and you laughed at the characters rather than with them.”
“Neutrino physics is largely an art of learning a great deal by observing nothing.”
“Kids, man. They'll be the ones to take mountain biking to the next level for us. You just watch”
“Sigmund Freud was once asked to describe the characteristics of maturity, and he replied: lieben un arbeiten ("loving and working"). The mature adult is one who can love and allow himself or herself to be loved and who can work productively, meaningfully, and with satisfaction.”

Source : David Elkind (2009). “The Hurried Child, 25th anniversary edition”, p.19, Da Capo Press
“I've got a gig," Jim said. I sat up in my bed, wide-awake. A gig was good- I needed the money. "Half." "Third." "Half." "Thirty-five percent." Jim's voice hardened. "Half." The phone went silent as my former Guild partner mulled it over. "Okay, forty." I hung up.(...) The phone rang. I let it ring twice before I picked it up. "Fine." Jim's voice had a hint of a snarl in it. "Half.”
“Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.”

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