Most of us cherish freedom, but when we actually get the opportunity to make our own way it can be terrifying.

It is a simple truth that the human mind can face better the most oppressive government, the most rigid restrictions, than the awful prospect of a lawless, frontierless world. Freedom is a dangerous intoxicant and very few people can tolerate it in any quantity; it brings out the old raiding, oppressing, murderous instincts; the rage for revenge, for power, the lust for bloodshed. The longing for freedom takes the form of crushing the enemy- there is always the enemy!- into the earth; and where and who is the enemy if there is no visible establishment to attack, to destroy with blood and fire? Remember all that oratory when freedom is threatened again. Freedom, remember, is not the same as liberty.

The formidable power of social media can be both liberating and scary.

It is incredible to think about the places freedom can take you.

Freedom aggravates at least as much as it alleviates frustration.

To recognize that “I am the one who chooses” and “I am the one who determines the value of an experience for me” is both an invigorating and a frightening realization.

...for nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.

"To recognize that "I am the one who chooses" and "I am the one who determines the value of an experience for me" is both an invigoraring and a frightening realization."

Nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.

Sometimes your biggest freedom is found in your greatest fear: letting go.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

In the long run there is no more liberating, no more exhilarating experience than to determine one’s position, state it bravely, and then act boldly. Action brings with it its own courage, its own energy, a growth of self-confidence that can be acquired in no other way

I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.

There are few things more liberating in life than having your worst fear realized.