Imprisoned Quotes

208 quotes by 179 authors

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. — Samuel Butler
If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often come… — Helen Prejean
Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one… — Thomas Jefferson
Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business. — Lance Morrow
If you're fighting the system, then you're still caught in it. It's not about fighting the system; it's about ceasing to hold it together. Non-cooperation.… — David Icke
The breaking of the alabaster box and the anointing of the Lord filled the house with the odor, with the sweetest odor. Everyone could smell… — Watchman Nee
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured,… — Saint John Chrysostom
Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think about and reflect… — Henri Nouwen
In obedience to humanity, the King of the universe come down from heaven! In obedience to humanity, he lives imprisoned on the altar! I shall… — Alphonsus Liguori
Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes — George Will
We don't often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see that that they are and that when they are free,… — Emma Watson
If you don't want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed ot tortured, then you shouldn't condone such behaviour towards anyone, be they human or not. — Moby
The Church worked hard at it night and day during nine centuries and imprisoned, tortured, hanged, and burned whole hordes and armies of witches, and… — Mark Twain
Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out. — Cyril Connolly
What power would Hell have if those imprisoned were not able to dream of Heaven? — Neil Gaiman
Sometimes I suspect that we build our traps ourselves, then we back into them, pretending amazement the while. That is the way of life, from… — Neil Gaiman
Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch. — Wynonna Judd
At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore. — Erica Jong
And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and… — Malala Yousafzai
If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a man can pipe… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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