13 Quotes by Allen Wheelis

Freedom is the awareness of alternatives and of the ability to choose. It is contingent upon consciousness, and so may be gained or lost, extended or diminished.

The spirit of science is not to prejudge, but to give any honest query a fair shake.

Nothing guarantees our freedom. Deny it often enough and one day it will be gone, and we’ll not know how or when.

A man in chains need not be a slave. If he has pride and self-respect he is a free man though a prisoner, and a constant danger to his jailers. Conversely, a slave who escapes is not a free man, but a runaway slave who may be caught and returned to servitude. A slave is one who accepts the identity ascribed to him by a master: “You are an inferior and unworthy person and so will remain, and therefore must serve me with obedience and humility.