To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom. André Gide
One needs time to free oneself of wrong convictions. If it happens too suddenly, they go on festering. Elias Canetti
It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment. Noah Levine
The trouble with Buddhism?-- in order to free oneself of all desire, one has to desire to do so. Henry Miller