„It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one’s inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom.“

— Rollo May

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„Courage is the capacity to meet the anxiety which arises as one achieves freedom. It is the willingness to differentiate, to move from the protecting realms of parental dependence to new levels of freedom and integration.“
— Rollo May
„Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.“
— Malcolm X
„Our celebration of initiative and enterprise, our insistence on hard work and personal responsibility, these are constants in our character. But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.“
— Barack Obama
„You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul. Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you must choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it.“
— B.K.S. Iyengar
„It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.“
— Viktor E. Frankl