quotes for the 4th

Photo by Lisa Tate

Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

~Nelson Mandela

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Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

~Rumi

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Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.

~Kahlil Gibran

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The function of freedom is to free someone else.

~Toni Morrison