It would seem that by our sorrows only are we called to a…

All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for…

— John Stuart Mill

Contrary to popular belief, we do not face a choice between economy and ecology, It is often said that protecting the environment would constrain…

— Kofi Annan

You can live constrained within the confines of a solely material perspective, or choose instead the infinite field of quantum possibility.

— Marianne Williamson

When dams were erected on the Columbia, salmon battered themselves against the concrete, trying to return home. I expect no less from us. We…

— Derrick Jensen

We need open minds and open hearts when we wrestle with the past and ask questions of it, and the answers it will provide…

— Eamon Duffy

If I am to constrain you by any law, it must be one by which I am also bound.

— Immanuel Kant

Ramp skating has become the most popular televised form of skating because they can constrain it. They can judge it based on what's happening…

— Jeffrey Deitch

The moral sentiments that constrain economic life also promote it.

— Ted Malloch

As matters now stand, the veto seems inappropriate, given the absence of any deep ideological split between major states, and definitely constrains the war-prevention…

— Richard A. Falk

Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

— Dalai Lama

Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason…

— Galileo Galilei

Profound commitment to a dream does not confine or constrain: it liberates. Even a difficult, winding path can lead to your goal if you…

— Paulo Coelho

To constrain the brute force of the people, the European governments deem it necessary to keep them down by hard labor, poverty and ignorance,…

— Thomas Jefferson

In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot prevent changes in the…

— Hyman Minsky