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The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice.… — Pope Leo XIII
. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that for this reason… — Vincent de Paul
Sometimes you need to be terrified to your bones, in order for you to find your way to safety. Pain somewhat has this ability to… — Rita Zahara
I dislike frontiers, political or intellectual, and I find that ignoring them is an essential catalyst for creative thought. Ideas should flow without hindrance in… — Michael Atiyah
I never really trained to be a musician, but I've been playing guitar since I was around, like, 13 years old. For me, the guitar… — Steve Kazee
No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be it brother, or… — Epictetus
There is no greater hindrance to the progress of thought than an attitude of irritated party-spirit. — Alfred North Whitehead
You see, nature will do exactly what it must, and if we are a hindrance to its development, to even its destructive powers to reform… — Ralph Steadman
I only ask in all kindness that the man who wishes at this time to have my books will by no means let them be… — Martin Luther
I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance. — Jamaica Kincaid
Women are in bondage; their clothes are a great hindrance to their engaging in any business which will make them pecuniarily independent, and since the… — Lucy Stone
I am a hindrance to the world, and the world is a hindrance to me. — Cees Nooteboom
Traveling is not a hindrance for me; it's something I actually enjoy. — Cobi Jones
The principal hindrance to the advancement of the kingdom of God is greed. It is the chief obstacle to heaven-sent revival. It seems that when… — O. S. Hawkins
Ninety percent of our police are fighting terrorists, so we don't have enough oriented towards their key duty, which is enforcement of the law. But… — Ashraf Ghani
If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a… — William Cowper
The idea of content in art is today merely a hindrance, a nuisance, a subtle or not so subtle philistinism. — Susan Sontag
A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making. — Harsha Bhogle
So an ancient once said, "Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life". Don't expect your practice to be clear of obstacles. Without hindrances the… — Kyongho
The hindrances to being psychic are a general dullness that develops from living in the material world, and being a material girl. — Frederick Lenz
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. — John Stuart Mill
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. — Henry David Thoreau
The light dove, in free flight cutting through the air the resistance of which it feels, could get the idea that it could do even… — Immanuel Kant
In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do this unless his… — Flannery O'Connor
The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one's self a fool. — William Least Heat-Moon

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