Self Emprisonment Quotes

“A gross content prolongs his fallen state;
His small successes are failures of the soul,
His little pleasures punctuate frequent griefs:
Hardship and toil are the heavy price he pays
For the right to live and his last wages death.

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― Sri Aurobindo, Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

“O Force-compelled, Fate-driven earth-born race,
O petty adventurers in an infinite world
And prisoners of a dwarf humanity,
How long will you tread the circling tracks of mind
Around your little self and petty things?

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― Sri Aurobindo, Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol

“Parfois, j'ai l'impression que nous vivons dans un tombeau, grand et spacieux, bâti pour pouvoir accueillir un grand nombre de personnes. La prison ne se trouve pas à l'extérieur, elle est à l'intérieur de chacun d'entre nous.”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead