Prison Quotes

1427 quotes by 977 authors

Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself. — Patrick McGoohan
It is now possible to live a "christian life" without doing the things that Jesus commanded us to do. We have hired people to go… — Cal Thomas
Jesus tells us what the 'protocol' is, on which we will be judged. It is the one we read in chapter 25 of Matthew's Gospel:… — Pope Francis
When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison. — Nelson Mandela
In detachment lies the wisdom of uncertainty...in the wisdom of uncertainty lies the freedom from our past, from the known, which is the prison of… — Deepak Chopra
We must stop the trend of closing schools and building prisons. — Gale Sayers
Man is less interested in marriage, very much less interested. In fact not interested at all. If he agrees, he agrees only reluctantly - because… — Rajneesh
What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of… — Daniel Quinn
When calling for authenticity, we need to take seriously the brokenness and sinfulness of the human heart. If to be authentic means to be who… — Erwin McManus
We like to think there is this core of human nature â€“ that good people can't do bad things, and that good people will dominate… — Philip Zimbardo
When thee builds a prison, thee had better build with the thought ever in thy mind that thee and thy children may occupy the cells. — Elizabeth Fry
Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. . . . A man should wait,… — Plato
In the terrible years of the Yezhov terror I spent seventeen months waiting in line outside the prison in Leningrad. One day somebody in the… — Anna Akhmatova
Yes, business really does change. 400 years ago, corporations were formed by royal decree. 300 years ago, many countries were powered by slave labour, or… — Umair Haque
If a man could understand all the horror of the lives of ordinary people who are turning around in a circle of insignificant interests and… — G I Gurdjieff
You don't see people in prison treating each other the way people do on the outside, and the reason is that if you're rude to… — Sonny Barger
Iâ€™d volunteer to go to prison, as long as there are books. Because with books I am free. — Mohammad Hatta
I have never been contained except I made the prison. — Mari Evans
A house though otherwise beautiful, yet if it hath no garden belonging to it, is more like a prison than a house. — William H. Coles
I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back… — Richard Pryor

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