The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free. Swami Vivekananda
Obey the principles without being bound by them. Bruce Lee
If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. Abigail Adams
I am bound by my own definition of criticism a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world. Matthew Arnold
But strictly held by none, is loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round, And only by one's going slightly taut In the capriciousness of summer air Is of the slightest bondage made aware. Robert Frost
Men are bound by words, bulls' horns by ropes. Latin Proverb