“(…) Desiring a state of freedom from desire will not set you free. Nothing can set you free, because you are free. See yourself with desireless clarity, that is all.”

“The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”

Stephen King book Different Seasons

“Because even though the truth can set you free, that doesn't mean it won't be painful.”

Ally Carter Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy

“[…] your own are burning and your memories and you don't want to leave them. Everything will burn to the end, you suffer, but nobody is punishing you, they are just setting your soul free. Don't be afraid because while you fear death they will rend your soul like demons. Only calm down and you will see the angels who are setting you free and then you will be free.”

Dimitris Lyacos (1966) Greek writer

“The world is going on because not all can be free of desires. People with desires are born again and again.”

Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna

“You delude yourself that you live in a free country because you never test the boundaries of that freedom.”

Jacob M. Appel book The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”

David Foster Wallace book Infinite Jest

“You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.”

Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist

“When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.”

Zack Snyder (1966) American film director, film producer, and screenwriter