7,738 Quotes About Freedom


  • Author W. Somerset Maugham
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    It gives him spiritual freedom. To him life is a tragedy and by his gift of creation he enjoys the catharsis a purging of pity and terror, Which Aristotle tells is the object of art. Everything is transformed by his power into material and by writing it he can overcome it. Everything is grist to his mill. ... The artist is the only free man.

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  • Author Joan Tollifson
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    During the last year she was alive, at age 95, my mother said many times, “It’s so freeing to realize that nothing really matters.” She said it joyously, with relief, as if a burden had been lifted. She also said over and over, “Love yourself".Tollifson, Joan. Nothing to Grasp (p. 174). New Harbinger Publications. Kindle Edition.

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