Bondage Quotes

• Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

  Dan Quayle

  Mother, Children, Politics

  «Being VP is just like being a lesser Kardashian» by Dean Obeidallah, www.cnn.com. August 3, 2012.

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• The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspiring, Sitting, Body

  Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.91, SkyLight Paths Publishing

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• Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.

  Ramakrishna

  Son, Mind Freedom, Soul

  Ramakrishna (1965). “Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna: the most exhaustive collection of them, their number being 1120”

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• It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Men, Freedom Of Speech, Censorship In Books

  Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (2006). “Brandeis at 150: the Louisville perspective : a sesquicentennial commemoration”

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• A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

  Joseph Addison

  Liberty, Virtue, Eternity

  Joseph Addison (1858). “Works, including the whole contents of Bp. Hurd's edition: withletters and other pieces not found in any previous collection; and Macaulay's essay on his life and works”, p.411

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• Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.

  James Madison

  Religious, Atheist, Secular Society

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.

  Aldous Huxley

  Character, Fighting, Self

  Aldous Huxley (1993). “After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: A Novel”, p.111, Ivan R. Dee

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• Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body that work, not I. Tell yourself this unceasingly and realise it. Try not to know that you work.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Pain, Self, Giving

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

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• If you're involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it's bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement.

  Michele Bachmann

  Gay, Despair, Lifestyle

  "Bachmann says ‘I don’t judge’ gays". Interview, www.nbcnews.com. August 14, 2011.

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• If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my soul, and keep my heart and all its ways so that I will not be entangled." When this is true in our lives, a passing temptation will not overcome us. We will remain free while others lie in bondage.

  John Owen

  Prayer, Lying, Heart

  John Owen, James M. Houston (2004). “Triumph Over Temptation: Pursuing a Life of Purity”, p.165, David C Cook

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• As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Acceptance, Long, Independence

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2199, Manonmani Publishers

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• Imagine what your life will look like when you have broken the bondage of fear.

  Bruce Wilkinson

  Broken, Looks, Imagine

  Bruce Wilkinson (2009). “The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny”, p.98, Multnomah

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• The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Religious, Superstitions, Influence

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1898). “Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897”, p.471, UPNE

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• But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.

  Ralph Adams Cram

  Umpires, Soul, Liberty

  RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”

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• There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage.

  Robert Adams

  Love, Peace, Freedom

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• Truth is that which, when fully realized, sets you free from all bondage and all seeking.

  Adi Da

  Truth Is, Seeking

  Adi Da Samraj (2004). “The Dawn Horse Testament of the Ruchira Avatar: The Testament of Divine Secrets of the Divine World-teacher, Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj”

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• Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Pain, Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.49, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.

  W. Clement Stone

  Gratitude, Attitude, Freedom

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• Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.

  Thomas Troward

  Wish, Essentials, Clarity

  Thomas Troward (1915). “The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science”

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• The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

  Cyril Connolly

  Love, Dream, Lonely

  "Phil Spector: What I've Learned", www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Of Human Bondage (1915) ch. 51

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• Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

  Marianne Moore

  Independence, Impatience, Mark

  Marianne Moore (2016). “Observations: Poems”, p.80, Macmillan

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• There's always one who loves and one who lets himself be loved.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Love, Life, Human Bondage

  Of Human Bondage ch. 71 (1915)

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• There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness.

  George Eliot

  Love, Names, Weakness

  George Eliot (1871). “Felix Holt, the Radical”, p.91

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• Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up.

  David Duchovny

  Sexy, Fashion, Men

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