Paulo Coelho Quotes

Only man is permitted to live without rhythm in order that he can become free. However, he must of his own accord bring rhythm again into the chaos.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.

The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

I like to play my game. I don't want to do anything out of control, out of nature.

Discipline must come through liberty.

Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.

Without discipline, there can be no freedom.

To be free people we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, but in doing so must possess the capacity to reject responsibility that is not truly ours. To be organized and efficient, to live wisely, we must daily delay gratification and keep an eye on the future; yet to live joyously we must also possess the capacity, when it is not destructive, to live in the present and act spontaneously. In other words, discipline itself must be disciplined. The type of discipline required to discipline discipline is what I call balancing.

Liberty is the right to discipline ourselves in order not to be disciplined by others

We must understand that the highest form of freedom carries with it the greatest measure of discipline.

Freedom of life does not mean disorder of life, does not mean chaos, and just everyone doing anything he wants. That is not the freedom of life. The tree, when you give it a chance, protect it when it is young, will grow straight, because it has developed its own resistance; but the moment you make it delicate, then it gets crooked.

Freedom without structure is its own slavery.

If we cannot count on ourselves to do the right thing how can we count on anyone or anything else? Self-government won't work without self-discipline.

Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline, that those nations historically who have failed to discipline themselves have had discipline imposed by others.

The truly free person in society is a disciplined person.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Frazier; no freedom without tyranny. No wisdom exists that does not include perspective. Relativity is the greatest gift.

As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

Zen aims at freedom but its practice is disciplined.

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.

Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault when there is no whip.