Joseph Joubert Quotes

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

You are already free. You only have to know and realize this truth.

No one can take away the freedom of a man's soul.

We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.

Freedom resides within the soul.

Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.

Anything you believe you have to do or become before you can be free is a denial and distraction from the truth that you are already free.

Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom

One of the marvels of the world: The sight of a soul sitting in prison with the key in its hand.

If thought makes free, so does the moral sentiment. The mixtures of spiritual chemistry refuse to be analyzed.

Every practice at some point will become a hindrance. No practice can ever take you there, to freedom, to liberation. That's important to realize.

No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined by purpose and larger than the practicable world.

Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of freedom. God alone is the inciter and guarantor of freedom. He is the only guarantor. External freedom is only an aspect of interior freedom. Political freedom, as the Western world has known it, is only a political reading of the Bible. Religion and freedom are indivisible. Without freedom the soul dies. Without the soul there is no justification for freedom. Necessity is the only ultimate justification known to the mind.

Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.

The silver trump of freedom roused in my soul eternal wakefulness.

The thrall in person may be free in soul

Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence.

True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail.

What's truly important--and what I find myself forgetting and having to relearn--is that right here, right now, I am free. Free to be myself and to express myself.

The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in every thing.

Truly free people do not need to be told they are free.

God isn't calling us to a lonely, joyless existence with the promise of a delayed reward. God is calling us to live, to love and enjoy the challenge. God's formulas are roadmaps to freedom and peace. God is saying to us: "The only way to live is to be free. So save your heart for love and save your love for persons. Don't ever let any 'thing' own you. Don't let money or fame or power or the pursuit of pleasure put a ring in your nose and lead you around. Love persons and use things." And of course, this is the only way to live, to be free.

In my soul, I am free.

The freer the soul, the more abstract painting becomes.

Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.