Quotes About Constraint

I did not know what a prison I was in, till I was freed.

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment, said Tempest with a bitter smile. Law and custom I know nothing of, public opinion I despise, and shame and fear I defy, for everyone has a right to be happy in their own way.

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all...

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound.

El hombre ha nacido libre y por doquiera se encuentra sujeto con cadenas.

Not all possibilities are open to us. The world is finite; our hopes spill over its rim.

or la captivité partagée n'est plus qu'une demi-captivité

Evils which are patiently endured when they seem inevitable become intolerable once the idea of escape from them is suggested.

Democracy extends the sphere of personal independence; socialism confines it. Democracy values each man at his highest; socialism makes of each man an agent, an instrument, a number. Democracy and socialism have but one thing in common—equality. But note well the difference. Democracy aims at equality in liberty. Socialism desires equality in constraint and in servitude.

Nature secretly avenges herself for the constraint imposed upon her by the laws of man.

In despotic States the sovereign is so attached to the exercise of his power, that he dislikes the constraint even of his own regulations; and he is well pleased that his agents should follow a somewhat fortuitous line of conduct, provided he be certain that their actions will never counteract his desires.

She had wanted to be a bird, but now she knew, as she looked out the window to see Lewis following, that even birds are chained to earth by their needs and desires.

knew that from now on she would be held hostage by her responsibilities.

We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without.

maybe it isn't love, maybe it's a chain.

Over the course of my life, as I have made my Houdini-like escapes from one self-imposed constraint after another, a question haunts me with increasing insistence. How many levels does this game have?

AFFIANCED, pp. Fitted with an ankle-ring for the ball-and-chain.

HABIT, n. A shackle for the free.

He never had any choices.

In the beginning, we had a great deal of freedom, and Jerry wrote completely out of his imagination - very, very freely. We even had no editorial supervision to speak of, because they were in such a rush to get the thing in before deadline. But later on we were restricted.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.

When you live your whole life in a prison freedom can be so dull