“Don't become a slave to success or failure, family, friends, possessions. If these things come to you in life, enjoy them, but fix your consciousness on that which does not change.” IfsDoeEnjoyConsciousnessSlavePossessionHinduismEnjoy LifeFamily FriendsSuccess Or Failure Author:Frederick Lenz
“Every one who has a heart and eyes sees that you, working men, are obliged to pass your lives in want and in hard labor, which is useless to you, while other men, who do not work, enjoy the fruits of your labor that you are the slaves of these men, and that this ought not to exist.” MenWantHeartHardEyeEnjoyOughtLaborSlaveFruitUselessObligedWorking Man Author:Leo Tolstoy
“To those privileged ones -- among whom we count ourselves -- the high-resounding "isms" to which their contemporaries ask them to give their allegiance are all equally futile: bound to be betrayed, defeated, and finally rejected by men at large, if containing anything really noble; bound to enjoy, for the time being, some sort of noisy success, if sufficiently vulgar, pretentious, and soul-killing to appeal to the growing number of mechanically conditioned slaves that crawl about our planet, posing as free men; all destined to prove, ultimately, of no avail.” IfsMenGivingSoulAsksEnjoyNumbersGrowingPlanetsProveSlaveKillingBoundsNobleAppealsDefeatedRejectedPrivilegedVulgarDestinedBetrayedOur PlanetAllegianceFree ManPretentiousNoisyContainingIsmsPosing Author:Savitri Devi
“When you draw from the endless awareness of nirvana, you are no longer a slave to fortune. When pleasant experiences come your way, you can enjoy them. But if pain and misfortune befall you, you can rise above them and remain unaffected.” IfsWayPainSufferingEnjoyAwarenessBuddhismDrawsFortuneSlaveEndlessPleasantMisfortunesRise Above Author:Frederick Lenz
“I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other; besides, I like to enjoy my life at all sides and ends, which cannot be done by one that suffers himself to be the slave of a single propensity.” MenGivingEndsDoneSufferingEnjoySidesHalfMadSlaveDrinkingMiserablePropensityOne Half Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
“A horse can have a job and not be a slave. He can look forward to it and enjoy it. That's the same for me.” LooksJobsEnjoyHorseSlaveBe A Slave Author:Buck Brannaman