Quote by Bede Griffiths
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical de

Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men. – Bede Griffiths

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I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage. – Bede Griffiths

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God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything. – Bede Griffiths

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It is no longer a question of a Christian going about to convert others to the faith, but of each one being ready to listen to the other and so to grow together in mutual understanding. – Bede Griffiths

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If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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You cant put democracy and freedom back into a box. – George W. Bush

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Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace. – Mohammed Morsi

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Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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