Adam GopnikThe special virtue of freedom is not that it makes you richer and more powerful but that it gives you more time to understand what it means to be alive.
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The special virtue of freedom is not that it makes you richer and more powerful but that it gives you more time to understand what it means to be alive. If you are free, at least part of the time, you have the opportunity to spend more time on yourself. You can think more, feel more, and act more freely. The words of this quote are an accurate representation of the power of self-improvement.
To be free is to have the time, energy, and resources to find out what makes you happy and to improve yourself in any way that feels natural for you. This quote shows that the ability to improve oneself is one of the great gifts of living in a free society.
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