Choice, Freedom


“When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.” — Max Lerner

“He who has a choice has trouble.” — Dutch proverb

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life’s point of no return.” — Dag Hammarskjold, 20th-century Swedish diplomat, U.N. Secretary General

“Life is the sum of your choices.” — Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning, 20th-century French “existentialist” novelist

“Liberty means responsibility. That’s why most men dread it.” — George Bernard Shaw, 19th/20th-century Anglo-Irish dramatist and wit

“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.” — Epictetus, ancient Greek historian

“Freedom means choosing your burden.” — Hephzibah Menuhin
“In order to exist, man must rebel.” — Albert Camus, Nobel Prize-winning, 20th-century French “existentialist” novelist