Quotes about Independence

Lincoln himself once said, "The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves." He fiercely believed in self-sufficiency, and in the maturity and character that struggles and hardships can bring.

The worst things you can do for the ones you love are the things they could and should do for themselves"—and

Everything can be taken from a human being but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." MBSR

The interesting thing about this work is that we don't really do anything for them. If we tried, I think, we would fail miserably. Instead we invite them to do something radically new for themselves

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

I don't have a saviour or a royal family.

My lifestyle got so disruptive to my family that my parents had no choice but to say, "You can't live here any longer if you're going to live this way." So, I was thrilled about it - thrilled!

The boughs, without becoming detached from the trunk grow away from it.

Nobody can give you freedom, nobody can give you equality or justice. If you are a man, you take it.

In any case, the fear of subservience is quite imaginary.

It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.