“Do not allow yourself to be misled by the surfaces of things.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, book Letters to a Young Poet

Source: Letters to a Young Poet

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Austrian poet and writer 1875–1926

Steve Maraboli (1975)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 94

“Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Two Boys Kissing

“Above all, do not allow yourself to be bewitched by the evil charms of geometry.”

François Fénelon (1651–1715) Catholic bishop

Sur-tout ne vous laissez point ensorceler par les attraits diaboliques de la géométrie.
Lettres Spirituelles, no. 59, cited from Correspondance de Fénelon, archevêque de Cambrai (Paris: Ferra Jeune, 1827) vol. 5, p. 514; translation from Georges Duby and Michelle Perrot (eds.) A History of Women in the West (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994) vol. 3, p. 405.Œuvres complètes De François de Salignac De La Mothe Fénélon. TOME V Briand 1810 LETTRE CXLII (142) p.106.

“Freedom isn't just about voting and marrying and kissing on the street, although all of these things are important. Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Two Boys Kissing

“Never allow yourself be controlled by three things: People, money and your past experiences.”

Ralph Smart