“It is man’s pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment and reward. Freedom is without motive; freedom is not at the end of the evolution of man but lies in the first step of his existence.”

1980s

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "It is man’s pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear…" by Jiddu Krishnamurti?
Jiddu Krishnamurti photo
Jiddu Krishnamurti 233
Indian spiritual philosopher 1895–1986

Related quotes

Giacomo Casanova photo

“Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it”

Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice

.
Memoirs (trans. Machen 1894), book 1, Preface http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/casanova/c33m/preface2.html
Referenced

Ilana Mercer photo

“If for harming himself a man forfeits his freedom, then he was never free in the first place.”

Ilana Mercer South African writer

“Addicted to that Rush,” http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=488 WorldNetDaily.com, March 6, 2009.
2000s, 2009

Maimónides photo

“It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.”

Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.24

Yevgeny Zamyatin photo
Salman Rushdie photo

“What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.”

Salman Rushdie (1947) British Indian novelist and essayist

As quoted in "The right to be downright offensive" by Jonathan Duffy in BBC News Magazine (21 December 2004) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4114497.stm

Bergen Evans photo

“Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.”

Bergen Evans (1904–1978) American lexicographer

The Natural History of Nonsense XIX.

Erich Fromm photo
Felix Frankfurter photo

“Without a free press there can be no free society. That is axiomatic. However, freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.”

Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American judge

The scope and nature of the constitutional guarantee of the freedom of the press are to be viewed and applied in that light.
New York Times (November 28, 1954).
Judicial opinions

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar photo

Related topics