Captured Quote by Ibn Taymiyyah

The one who is [truly] imprisoned is the one whose heart is imprisoned from Allah and the captivated one is the one whose desires…

— Ibn Taymiyyah

We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.

— James C. Collins

“There is no one who does not feel that he is imprisoned in some way. If this is the result of his own free…

— Foundation for Inner Peace

“The suffering of being imprisoned rests in the fact that it is impossible, at any time, to escape from oneself.”

— Kōbō Abe

He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain.

— Swami Vivekananda

“He gives Himself as prize and reward: He is the refreshment of holy soul, the ransom of those in captivity.”

— Bernard of Clairvaux

“There are many, many ways to be imprisoned. You don’t need fences, handcuffs, chains, or steel bars. Your heart or your own mind can…

— Cary Allen Stone

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

— Thomas Hobbes

“The heart of a worshipper is a heart arrested and set free by the love of God.”

— Gangai Victor

“Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away... A man should wait, and not…

— Plato

He who tries to flee from God takes refuge in himself.

— Philo

To the soul's desires The body listens What the flesh requires Keeps the heart imprisoned

— Frank Herbert