“There are two freedoms, the false where one is free to do what he likes, and the true where he is free to do what he ought.” - Charles Kingsley
We’ve been given free will… it’s one of the most powerful things at our disposal.
“Freedom is a breath of air, / Pine-scented, or salty like the sea; / Freedom is a field new-plowed…/ Furrows of democracy!
“Freedom is a forest, / Trees tall and straight as men! / Freedom is a printing press… / The power of the pen!
“Freedom is a country church, / A cathedral’s stately spire; / Freedom is a spirit / That can set the soul on fire!
“Freedom is a man’s birthright, / A sacred, living, rampart; / A pulsebeat of humanity… / The throb of a nation’s heart!: - Clara Smith Reber
“God frees our souls, not from service, not from duty, but into service and into duty, and he who mistakes the purpose of his freedom mistakes the character of his freedom. He who thinks that he is being released from the work, and not set free in order that he may accomplish that work, mistakes the condition into which his soul is invited to enter.” Conditional Freedom by Phillips Brooks
Lloyd C. Douglas said, “If we are immortal, we are immortal now. If we are to survive, the future life will be a continuation of our life now. It will be different only in respect to its larger freedom, and the chief attribute of that freedom will be our escape from the dread of death and transition… - excerpt from The Treasure Chest, edited by Charles L. Wallis, and published in 1965 by Harper and Row, publishers
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Don Jackson
