Paraphrased: The way of al-Junayd includes among other things abstaining constantly from resisting God Most High in whatever happens to one, whether… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Copy Share Image
If there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their… — Plato Copy Share Image
It was palpable, all that wanting: Mother wanting something more, Dad wanting something more, everyone wanting something more. This wasn't going to… — Anne Taylor Fleming Copy Share Image
Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I'm the worst ad anyone could possibly be for abstaining from anything. — Matt Roper Copy Share Image
Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could indulge in… — Mike Bickle Copy Share Image
To be disciplined does not mean being silent, abstaining, or doing only what one thinks one may undertake without risk; it is… — Ferdinand Foch Copy Share Image
Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will… — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a particular Christian,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to… — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
We think of prices as simply the notation of how much we must pay for things. But the price system accomplishes far… — Sheldon Richman Copy Share Image
Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
By abstaining from all definite content, whether as formal logic and theory of science or as the legend of Being beyond all… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
As for drugs, it annoys me that people think it`s the worst thing in the world compared with, say, not paying your… — Lily Allen Copy Share Image
There are many eyes that can detect and honor the prudent and household virtues; there are many that can discern Genius on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will… — Julien Benda Copy Share Image
Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion of our… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
