Obstruction Quotes - Page 3

• Throughout the greater part of his life George III was a kind of 'consecrated obstruction'.

  Walter Bagehot

  Kind, Greater

  'The English Constitution' (1867) 'The Monarchy'

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• A star is beautiful; it affords pleasure, not from what it is to do, or to give, but simply by being what it is. It befits the heavens; it has congruity with the mighty space in which it dwells. It has repose; no force disturbs its eternal peace. It has freedom; no obstruction lies between it and infinity.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Beautiful, Stars, Lying

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• Wars are fought to gain a certain objective. War itself is not the objective; victory is not the objective; you fight to remove the obstruction that comes in the way of your objective. If you let victory become the end in itself then you've gone astray and forgotten what you were originally fighting about.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  War, Fighting, Victory

  Interview with James Cameron, Picture Post, October 28, 1950.

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• The majority, being satisfied with the ways of mankind as they now are (for it is they who make them what they are), cannot comprehend why those ways should not be good enough for everybody; and what is more, spontaneity forms no part of the ideal of the majority of moral and social reformers, but is rather looked on with jealousy, as a troublesome and perhaps rebellious obstruction to the general acceptance of what these reformers, in their own judgment, think would be best for mankind.

  John Stuart Mill

  Acceptance, Thinking, Atheism

  John Stuart Mill (1989). “J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings”, p.101, Cambridge University Press

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• By the plain form of my delirium I will blast the obstruction of every form around me into something barely called shadow. I sail. I swim to you. I know the water.

  Steve Erickson

  Water, Swim, Shadow

  Steve Erickson (2013). “Rubicon Beach: A Novel”, p.77, Open Road Media

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• Obstruction of mobility, where it occurs, is one of the most serious and intractable problems of industrial society.

  Ernest Gellner

  Mobility, Serious, Problem

  Ernest Gellner, John Breuilly (2008). “Nations and Nationalism”, p.110, Cornell University Press

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• Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power.

  Ron Paul

  Lying, Justice, Abuse

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• The time has come to end this charade. The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do it yourselves. Africa should say: 'thank you very much but we need this money to meet the needs of children who are dying right now so we will put the debt servicing payments into urgent social investment in health, education, drinking water, control of AIDS and other needs.'

  Jeffrey Sachs

  Time, Children, Drinking

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• You cannot teach a child any more than you can grow a plant. All you can do is on the negative side - you can only help. It is a manifestation from within; it develops its own nature - you can only take away obstructions.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Life, Children, Negative

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2375, Manonmani Publishers

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• I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits.

  J Tillman

  Mean, Thinking, Way

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Martha Stewart was convicted of four counts of lying and obstruction of justice and could serve up to 20 years in Congress.

  Craig Kilborn

  Lying, Years, Justice

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• I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till it be consumed: And thisevent, I think I can foretell with the same assurance, as that, if he throw himself out at the window, and meet with no obstruction, he will not remain a moment suspended in the air.

  David Hume

  Men, Thinking, Fire

  David Hume (1894). “An Enquiry Concerning the Human Understanding: And An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals”

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• When words & manners leave you no space for yourself
  make
  very personal
  very clear
  & your obstructions will join you or disappear.

  Ntozake Shange

  Space, Manners, Disappear

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• Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings, and loving-kindness towards all the world. One should cultivate an unbounded mind, above and below and across, without obstruction, without enmity, without rivalry. Standing, or going, or seated, or lying down, as long as one is free from drowsiness, one should practice this mindfulness. This, they say, is the holy state here.

  Gautama Buddha

  Mother, Buddhist, Kindness

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• Put bluntly, the ego is not an obstruction to Spirit, but a radiant manifestation of Spirit. All Forms are not other than Emptiness, including the form of the ego. It is not necessary to get rid of the ego, but simply to live with it a certain exuberance.

  Ken Wilber

  Ego, Emptiness, Spirit

  Ken Wilber (1998). “The Essential Ken Wilber”, p.33, Shambhala Publications

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• Buddhahood is a state free of all obstructions to knowledge and disturbing emotions. It is the state in which the mind is fully evolved.

  Dalai Lama

  Mind, Emotion, States

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• Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom.

  Wilfred Bion

  Arrogance

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• A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of splendour, grandeur, and magnificence; but when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions, and clouded with smoke.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fear, Book, Writing

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.13

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• Let go of hundreds of years and relax completely. Open your hands and walk, innocent. Thousands of words, myriad interpretations, are only to free you from obstructions. If you want to know the undying person in the hut, don't separate from this skin bag here and now.

  Shitou Xiqian

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Hands

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• There is obstruction. Enlightenment is not very popular in this world. History tells us that enlightened teachers who made themselves largely available to human beings had problems.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Enlightenment, World

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• I'm working on restoring a cabinet over the obstruction of Senate Democrats. It will be one of the great cabinets ever assembled in American history.

  Donald Trump

  Cabinets, American History, Democrat

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• If happiness is a state of the inward life, we have to look for its chief obstructions not in outward conditions but in deeper places. Happiness depends in the last issue, as we saw, on the essential view of life. It is not a matter of distractions, nor even of mere pleasurable sensations. There may be an appearance of great prosperity with incurable sadness hidden at the heart, as there is an outward peace which is only a well-masked despair. The way to happiness is indeed harder than the way to success; for its chief enemies entrench themselves within the soul.

  Hugh Black

  Happiness, Heart, Sadness

  Hugh Black (1911). “Happiness”

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• To love is for the Soul to choose a companion, and travel with it along the perilous defiles and winding ways of life; mutually sustaining, when it is rugged with obstructions, and mutually rejoicing, when rich broad plains and sunny slopes make journeying delight.

  George Henry Lewes

  Love Is, Soul, Delight

  George Henry Lewes (2011). “The Life and Works of Goethe: With Sketches of His Age and Contemporaries from Published and Unpublished Sources”, p.260, Cambridge University Press

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• What you want is already here, in the unified field of pure potential. Everything you need to fulfill your greatest desire is already part of your being. But it can’t come out until you align with it, let go of the obstructions to it, and raise your vibration to the level at which it already exists.

  Derek Rydall

  Letting Go, Desire, Needs

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• That is nice, Mr. Morgan. Because in response to your tough-guy speech, I, in turn, would’ve had to give you my tough-girl speech, about where, exactly, federal prosecutors who come to my office looking for assistance can stick their obstruction of justice threats

  Julie James

  Girl, Nice, Giving

  Julie James (2013). “Love Irresistibly”, p.21, Penguin

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