- The desire to be someone or something is the freedom killer.
- Freedom is being disliked by other people.
- Freedom is the absence of fear, constraints and security needs.
- It is far better for a man to go wrong in freedom than to go right in chains.
- Freedom is not only about acting freely or escaping difficult situations, it’s not depending on others to be happy.
- You are often at the mercy of the repairman. You know little to nothing about freezer coils. You lack a choice and agree to pay the price. This story has been repeated dozens of times in your life. In each case, you felt at a disadvantage. They had leverage.
- "Freedom is just letting go of all the things I want everyone to notice about me." - Chrissy Stockton
- Freedom contains wealth of time, unregimented days and a latitude of choice.
- Freedom involves work. Work on yourself.
- Optionality is a means to an end, not the end itself. Our obsession with optionality can backfire. In theory, safety nets give freedom. Bolstered by the confidence of security, you can jump head-first into ambitious projects. In practice, you become habitual acquirers of safety nets and never work on anything of substance. The longer you spend acquiring options, the harder it is to stop.
- We are not born free, we work to achieve freedom.
- Freedom can’t come out of discipline.
- You can not be something new if you don’t break with the continuity of the self and your desire to last.
- ‘Man is born free, and is everywhere in trains’