Freedom is a comfortable and harmonious psychological state that is free from fear, slavery, and harm, and allows one to satisfy one's own desires and realize self-worth. Freedom includes both the power to do whatever one wants and the responsibility and obligation not to harm others. Behind freedom is self-discipline. In addition to self-discipline, freedom must also accept heteronomy, which is the restriction of external moral and legal rules.

Therefore, the power to do whatever you want is only a part of freedom. When many people talk about freedom, they misunderstand it as doing whatever they want, which is an overgeneralization. Autonomy and heteronomy are another part of freedom, and the two are combined. That is complete freedom. The concept of freedom is like Tai Chi. On the one hand, it is the yang of doing whatever you want, and on the other hand, it is the yin of self-discipline and heteronomy. The combination of yin and yang, mutual transformation and restriction is the real freedom.

Related famous quotes:

1. Morality is the defender of freedom. ——Smits

2. Give me freedom, or give me death. ——Patrick Henry

3. Discipline is the first condition for freedom. ——Hegel

4. Freedom can only be preserved through friendship. ——Hugo

5. People who are willing to be slaves do not know the power of freedom. ——Baker

6. Without freedom of thought, there can be no academic innovation. ——Zhou Haizhong

7. Personal freedom is the freedom not to infringe on the freedom of others. ——Mill

8. Once freedom takes root, it will grow rapidly like a plant. ——Washington

9. Freedom is one of the greatest blessings God has given to mankind. ——Cervantes

10. Cover all the majors and include everyone; be free-thinking and inclusive. ——Cai Yuanpei

11. People who cannot control themselves cannot be called free people. ——Pythagoras

12. Freedom is the right to act arbitrarily within the scope of the law. ——Montesquieu