Mental Slavery Quotes

• We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.

  Marcus Garvey

  Men, Mind, Use

  Marcus Garvey (1991). “The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers”, p.791, Univ of California Press

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• The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind

  Marcus Garvey

  Men, Mind, Able

  Marcus Garvey (1991). “The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers”, p.791, Univ of California Press

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• Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectual freedom is the living coffin of his dead soul.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Men, Soul, Intellectual

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.103, Library of Alexandria

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• Mental slavery is worst than physical slavery

  Dave Hockaday

  Slavery, Worst

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• Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

  Bob Marley

  Life, Music, Sadness

  Bob Marley (1998). “The Best of Bob Marley (Songbook)”, p.37, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• Life is one big road with lots of signs,
  So when you riding through the ruts,
  Don't you complicate your mind
  Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy
  Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.

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• I invite you, wholeheartedly, to read books that remind you of your highest self and emancipate you from mental slavery or false beliefs and illusions. The more you invest in attracting books that resonate with the frequency of your true self, the more light you will bring to the world.

  Carlos Santana

  Book, Light, Self

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• The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Freedom, Fall

  Non-Violence in Peace and War (1949) vol. 2, ch. 5

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• Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic

  Letter to Henry L. Pierce and Others, 6 Apr. 1859

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• Self-hate is a form of mental slavery that results in poverty, ignorance, and crime.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Hate, Ignorance, Self

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• One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

  Bob Marley

  Funny, Music, Wisdom

  Song: Trenchtown Rock

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• War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

  George Orwell

  Strength, Peace, Freedom

  Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 1 (1949)

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• None but ourselves can free our minds.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  "Redemption Song" (song) (1980)

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• Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality.

  Bob Marley

  Music, Jealousy, Reality

  Song: Wake Up And Live, Album: Survival, 1979

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  Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Music, Song

  "Redemption Song" (song) (1980)

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• Freedom and slavery are mental states.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Motivational, Freedom, Slavery

  'Non-Violence in Peace and War' (1949) vol. 2, ch. 5

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• Don't you complicate your mind
  Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy.

  Bob Marley

  Jealousy, Hate, Reality

  "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.

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• Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Music, Wisdom

  Bob Marley (1982*). “Bob Marley & Other Sounds' Lyrics”

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• Another thing rappers, I admire your rebellious spirit, but materialism is a form of mental slavery. Slow down on the jewelry, pick up a book.

  Dov Davidoff

  Book, Rapper, Slavery

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• Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

  Bob Marley

  Tattoo, Rasta, Slavery

  "Song: 'Uprising'". 1979.

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• Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,
  None but ourselves can free our minds.
  Have no fear for atomic energy,
  'Cause none of them can stop the time.

  Bob Marley

  Music, Mind, Energy

  "Song: 'Uprising'". 1979.

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• There is in fact a manly and legitimate passion for equality that spurs all men to wish to be strong and esteemed. This passion tends to elevate the lesser to the rank of the greater. But one also finds in the human heart a depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to want to bring the strong down to their level, and which reduces men to preferring equality in servitude to inequality in freedom.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Freedom, Equality, America

  "Democracy in America". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville. Chapter III, Part I, 1835.

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• Tell the children the truth.

  Bob Marley

  Children, Truth, Classic

  Song: Babylon System, Album: Survival, 1979

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• Don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Song: Three Little Birds

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• The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery.

  Paul Robeson

  Freedom, Fighting, Artist

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