Variant: Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.
Source: The Zahir
“Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances.”
"Simon Hattenston talks to Robert Crumb" http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/mar/07/robertcrumb.comics, The Guardian, 7 March 2005.
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American cartoonist 1943Related quotes
“Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.”
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“It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”
Variant: Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself
“The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.”
Source: The Crystal Cave
Quoted on his official website (30 December 2008) http://www.plumvillage.org/