Auberon Herbert Quotes

Let us first obtain ourselves…Give us ourselves and all that belongs to us will follow.

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

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

The essence of freedom is that each of us shares in the shaping of his own destiny.

Every man must have freedom, must have the scope to form, test, and act upon his own choices, for any sort of development of his own personality to take place. He must, in short, be free in order that he may be fully human.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.

I tasted freedom and I really liked it.

I have my life, my world. I do what I want, without annoying anyone.

Every people should be originators of their own destiny.

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

Liberation does not come from outside.

I am much more my own man than I was when I was with the Stones.

I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

Human freedom is realized in the adoption of humanity as an end in itself, for the one thing that no-one can be compelled to do by another is to adopt a particular end

Self Emancipation

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

I need space to grow and get old and be a human being. I don't want to be trapped in your ingenue bubble. And I don't agree with it either, by the way.

Actually being able to exercise your own choice can bring about greater opportunity.

I wanted to be in control of my own destiny.

It's nice to finally be my own person.