Salman Rushdie Quotes

Self Emancipation

It is not recognized in the full amplitude of the word that all freedom is essentially self-liberation - that I can have only so much freedom as I procure for myself by my owness.

Render yourself free to choose, to be, to live, to see.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

Freedom is the supreme good; freedom from self imposed limitation.

The only thing that can free you is the belief that you can be free.

So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free ourselves.

There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.

Freedom is control in your own life.

Yes, you must have the courage of being free.

I want to be intentional about my freedom - in choosing it, honoring it, and protecting it. One of the best feelings I know is feeling truly free.

The main thing I believe in is freedom.

Only the educated are free.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.

People ought to have more control over their lives.

If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom and the responsibility this entails.

If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.

I'm beyond caring what anyone expects of me anymore.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

I am myne owene woman, wel at ese

If one awakens in men the idea of freedom, then the free men will incessantly go on to free themselves…

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap.

I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.