To be free takes a lot of time and trouble.
I would crush a priceless pearl
and drink it,
to stay in this moment
for all time.
Every time I communicate with young people, you charge me with your energy, fill my heart with joy. I know very well that each of you is eager to serve our dear Motherland and people. I value you immensely as the greatest wealth, priceless treasure of Uzbekistan.”
Work is the antonym of free time. But not of leisure. Leisure and free time live in two different worlds. We have got into the habit of thinking them the same. Anybody can have free time. Free time is a realizable idea of democracy. Leisure is not fully realizable, and hence an ideal not alone an idea. Free time refers to a special way of calculating a special kind of time. Leisure refers to a state of being, a condition of man, which few desire and fewer achieve.
For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Most humans manage to squander their free time, as free time makes them dysfunctional, lazy, and unmotivated—the busier they get, the more active they are at other tasks.
I fully understand it takes time for free societies, truly free societies to evolve. I don't expect instant success.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.
To be free of time is to be free of the psychological need of past for your identity and future for your fulfillment.