“Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.”

“Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear is the motive which constrains the slave; greed binds the selfish man, by which he is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed (James 1:14). But neither fear nor self-interest is undefiled, nor can they convert the soul. Only charity can convert the soul, freeing it from unworthy motives.”

“Beautiful flames, can destroy so many things—prison walls that hold you, stitches that bind you fast.”

“Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.”

“A man’s spirit is free, but his pride binds him with chains of suffocation in a prison of his own insecurities”

“He offered her power, money, status...a giant prison, all in exchange for only...her soul.”