6 Giacomo Casanova Quotes on Freedom

Giacomo Casanova quotes on freedom

5. I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent.

7. Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it; and the greater power he ascribes to faith, the more he deprives himself of that power which God has given to him when He endowed him with the gift of reason. Reason is a particle of the Creator's divinity. When we use it with a spirit of humility and justice we are certain to please the Giver of that precious gift.

8. Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion. The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.

23. Man is free; but not unless he believes he is[.]

24. Man is a free agent; but he is not free if he does not believe it[.]

25. Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it[.]