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Richard Lovelace, To Althea from Prison

A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. – Albert Einstein
If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging. – Joe Martin
It was a world which granted privileges to some and imposed prohibitions on others...Endowed with strength and eager to learn, one had to drag himself in a narrow prison cell when he could see an open field, a vast horizon in the distance; when he could feel the beatings of a heart; and when he believed himself entitled to enjoy the beauty of a dream. – Dr. Jose P. Rizal
John Johnson Now this is something the other tour guides won't tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a bitch. And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or shiv, and cut out the bitch's eyes. And as if this wasn't enough retribution for Kelly, the next day he and four other inmates took turns pissing into the bitch's ocular cavities. (short pause) This way to the cafeteria – So I Married an Axe Murderer
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. – Aung San Suu Kyi
He who opens a school door, closes a prison. – Victor Hugo
A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. – Albert Einstein
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. – H. L. Mencken
Fear is the strongest prison and courage is the only way out! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Freedom of mind is the ultimate prove of persistence.” A person, whose mind is not free though he may not be in prison, he is a prisoner and not a free man – The Omani Shed
I stalk my prison like my own ghost... – Roger Zelazny
Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe a dungeon. – Robert Green Ingersoll
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be. – Oscar Wilde
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways. – Bertrand Russell
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. – Bertrand Russell
Parades should be classed as a nuisance and participants should be subject to a term in prison. – Will Rogers
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release. – Germaine Greer
Quiting smoking is like quiting a beautiful bitch of a lover, she is beautiful but you have 1001 reasons to quit her, quiting benzos is like going out of prison digging the rock with a spoon. – Me
Religion is a bell jar; you cannot find God in that jar, because it is your bell jar, you have created it! Break the glass prison and get fresh air, elevate your intelligence! Wake up and open your eyes; see the truth beyond your prison! If you can’t break the glass, don’t worry; science will do it for you! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul. – Henry Van Dyke
Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. – Richard Lovelace, To Althea from Prison
The desire for freedom resides in every human heart. And that desire cannot be contained forever by prison walls, or martial laws, or secret police. Over time, and across the Earth, freedom will find a way. – George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness. – Andre Malraux
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget. – Mitchell Burgess
The Past Our cradle, not our prison there is danger as well as appeal in its glamor. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repitition. – Israel Zangwill

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