July 4, 2008

nature's fireworks

FREEDOM

"Freedom has its life

in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men

and so it must be daily earned and refreshed -

else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots,

it will wither and die."

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

"People demand freedom of speech

as a compensation for

the freedom of thought

which they seldom use."

- Soren Kierkegaard

"There are two freedoms -

the false, where a man is free to do what he likes;

the true, where he is free to do what he ought."

- Charles Kingsley

"Freedom is not procured

by a full enjoyment of what is desired,

but by controlling the desire."

- Epictetus

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves

be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

You, my brothers, were called to be free.

But do not use your freedom

to indulge the sinful nature;

rather, serve one another in love."

- Galatians 5: 1,13 NIV