Quotes About Restraint

Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.

I will not feel, I will not feel, until I have to

Prison is a process, a succession of imprisonments. At first it operates only on a physical level, restricting your movement. Later, it extends to the psychological plane, encompassing your very perception. You come to exclude all thoughts, all visions of the free world.

A criminal cannot complain about wrongs done him because one treats him harshly and inhumanely. His offense was an entry into the realm of violence, power and tyranny. There is no restraint and proportion in that realm, and therefore he should not be surprised at the disproportion of its counter-reaction.

El amor no puede ser enjaulado. El amor, para retomar una espléndida imagen que Rainer Maria Rilke utiliza en una de sus cartas, necesita moverse libremente, necesita una mano abierta que le permita, sin obstáculos, detenerse o escapar. Apretar los dedos para inmovilizarlo significa convertir la mano en un ataúd. Porque poseer quiere decir matar.

Senin i?in bir bak?ma kolayd? babac???m. Birçok ?eyi yok sayarak belirli bir düzen içinde ya?ad?n. Sinemaya gitmedin. Hiç roman okumad?n. Zeytinya?l? enginar yemedin. Yabanc? ülke özlemi çekmedin. Kimseye hediye almad?n. Evde ku?konmazdan ba?ka bitki yeti?tirmedin.

A long leash is still a leash.

how could they let insane people gain control of devices that could do so much harm? If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn't give him power.

how could they let insane people gain control of devices that could do so much harm? If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn't give him power.

How could sane people like the ones he had left behind in Phoenix do such a thing—or, how could they let insane people gain control of devices that could do so much harm? If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn't give him power.

And, of course, he didn't shout. He tends not to. It's a pity. His disapproval might be easier to take if it were quick and loud. It was, as usual, quiet and intense.

Back into your cage, Lilith?" Jdahya asked softly.

If you knew a man was out of his mind, you restrained him. You didn't give him power.

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

How easy for those who do not bulge To not overindulge!

To know is sometimes good, but to have the wisdom to accept what you cannot know is better.

Self-discipline implies some unpleasant things to me, including staying away from chocolate and keeping my hands out of women's pants.

The prison is not outside, but inside each of us. Perhaps we simply don't know how to live without it.

Podnios?am ko?dr? i zaprosi?am go do siebie, ale poniewa? nie jestem Czu?ostkowa ani Sentymentalna, nie b?d? si? dalej nad tym rozwodzi?.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.

For at the heart of freedom lies a grand paradox: the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.

The five brothers and sisters, and I myself, have gradually grown more adult, more polite, more guarded—have become, in short, "members of society"—and when we do on occasion meet, it's not the least bit fun.

The blue sky is most beautiful when see through a prison cell window.