Culture, far from giving us freedom, only develops, as it advances, new necessities; the fetters of the physical close more tightly around… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Those laws, being forged for universal application, are in perpetual conflict with personal interest, just as personal interest is always in contradiction… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
There is no captive in a worse state than the one who is captivated by his worst enemy (Shaytan) and there is… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
The philosophy of Atheism has its root in the earth, in this life; its aim is the emancipation of the human race… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The monopoly of capital becomes a fetter upon the mode of production, which has sprung up and flourished along with, and under… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
No one has ever explained why it is that parents and guardians consider dull people such safe matrimonial investments for their young… — Alice Duer Miller Copy Share Image
It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights. It is quite possible we may have formed… — Edward E. Barnard Copy Share Image
Things good in themselves ... perfectly valid in the integrity of their origins, become fetters if they cannot alter. — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free. — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered… — George Sutherland Copy Share Image
True meditation gives us, as it were, wings for flight to a higher realm and thus detaches us from terrestrial fetters. — Swami Paramananda Copy Share Image
Fondnesse it were for any being free, To covet fetters, though they golden bee. — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
Unless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself. — Theognis of Megara Copy Share Image
True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters. — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
But for the cravings of the belly not a bird would have fallen into the snare; nay, nay, the fowler would not… — Saadi Copy Share Image
Illustrious confessors of Jesus Christ, a Christian finds in prison the same joys as the prophets tasted in the desert. Call it… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Marriage has been a very rich and beautiful development of my life. Month by month as we live together we seem to… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene, and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
... there are no chains so galling as the chains of ignorance--no fetters so binding as those that bind the soul, and… — Maria W. Stewart Copy Share Image
I was most confusedly in love. ... Even though I resolved not to think of him, his face would keep appearing between… — Nora Waln Copy Share Image
When a monk is an arahant, with his fermentations ended - one who has reached fulfillment, done the task, laid down the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
