177 quotes found
“The history of Kurdistan doesnt just tell us why it hasnt become independent so far. It also helps to make the case for Kurdistans independence. It is a desire founded, not just on some passing mod...”
“I'd rather die my way than live yours.”
“Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.”
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
“Bjarne Mller, my former boss, says people like me always choose the line of most resistance. It's in what he calls our 'accursed nature'. That's why we always end up on our own. I don't know. I lik...”
“The notion that I had walked twelve hundred miles since Rotterdam filled me with a legitimate feeling of something achieved. But why should the thought that nobody knew where I was, as though I wer...”
“... rarely missed her family - her family had created their own realm of problems - but at times like this, having someone to turn to would have made life easier.”
“I know about how you need to be left alone to do work. I know why. This job, you'll be allowed to do that. You'll report to me, but when you're here, you'll be working on tasks that I assign and th...”
“Furthermore, I preferred to only have cravings I could satisfy without the requirement or assistance of another person. This was, after all, the definition of self-reliance.”
“I would soar like a bird, solitary, unmated, but untrammeled.”
“Keep your eyes open. Look at the world without prejudice, pay attention to your sources, and decide for yourself where the truth lies. That is the greatness of the path I'm offering you.”
“True love transcends the unworthy object, and dwells and broods on the eternal, and when the poor interposed mask crumbles, it is not sad, but feels rid of so much earth, and feels its independency...”
“What women are concerned in is developing their own individuality, and hence they refuse to call any man master, be he husband or spiritual guide. Personal freedom is more precious to them than the...”
“There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect.”
“Karen had no problem standing up to people. Shed say no before the question was even asked.”
“When you are independent you learn strategies of self empowerment”
“A good relationship does not celebrate dependence; it nurtures the spirit of independence. Fall in love with yourself and commit to your goals, dreams and desires, thats the most important relation...”
“Youve remained on the battleground, center stage, experiencing life and, whats more important, experiencing yourself experiencing it. You haven't been reduced to a logistical strategy for somebody ...”
“First time since I come to Am'rica, I not with husband or Rekha or in restaurant or store or car or apartment. I's all alone and I loves it. First time I feel everything not borrow. What I mean by ...”
“There are people, she once wrote, who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. It i...”
