Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
When you learn economy. It strips away self-indulgence. Just in the act itself it requires a certain amount of humility. You have… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power. Courage without love is brutish. Abundance without moderation leads to over-indulgence and… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
“A habitual indulgence in the inarticulate is a sure sign of the philosopher who has not learned to think, the poet who… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“In the many months of his absence, she never wondered whether he was true to her or not; she knew he was.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken. (Despite) all the selfishness that chills like east winds the world,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Egotism exists everywhere, but it has a different flavor in England, where the tabloid culture goes much deeper. It's just the indulgence… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or… — Carter G. Woodson Copy Share Image
“People often mistake tenderheartedness for indulgence, as if being kind to themselves leads to lethargy—sitting around the house all day eating bonbons… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I did 50 takes on Robert Shaw assembling the Greener Gun on 'Jaws.' The shark wasn't working, so I just kept shooting… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
By providing cheap and wholesome reading for the young, we have partly succeeded in driving from the field that which was positively… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, friendship is the only trustworthy fabric of the affections. So-called LOVE is a delirious inhuman state… — Miles Franklin Copy Share Image
For who in fact seeks the salvation of souls through indulgences, and not instead money for his coffers? This is evident from… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Make sure you eat whole foods that are good for your entire body. This doesn't mean that you can't enjoy your food… — Daphne Oz Copy Share Image
Writing is an art but also a craft, which means it's a job. I don't teach. This is how the groceries get… — Charlie Huston Copy Share Image
The concept of emotional or spiritual survival has an honorable history, but it does invite self-indulgence. In my own case, the worst… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
Planted by your care? No! Your oppression planted them in America... nourished by your indulgence? They grew by your neglect of them...… — Isaac Barre Copy Share Image
Nothing is of its nature evil, and nothing is of its nature good. Evil is only excess, good is simply balance. All… — John Parsons Copy Share Image
Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If a fast doesn't include any sacrifices, then it's not a fast. The discomfort is where the magic happens. Life zips along,… — Jen Hatmaker Copy Share Image
I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is… — Rafael Vinoly Copy Share Image
“And so I continue in borderline poverty, save for my one indulgence, no, my single absolute necessity: I take cabs. Yes, on… — Paul Rudnick Copy Share Image
The truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“No reader can fail to agree that the number of books she needs to read far exceeds her capacities, but when the… — Patricia Meyers Spacks Copy Share Image
Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays it’s often freedom from information,… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
“Desire or impassioned liking go with a demanding and ongoing quest, and therefore patience and indulgence are decisive to hitting the trail… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishments which a penitent, whose sins are forgiven, has yet to undergo, either here… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
So, let us, you and I, for the sake of our brother man, individually strive by example and influence to lift the… — Ossian Everett Mills Copy Share Image
It does seem like if you're an interesting person and you have endless amounts of money to indulge your fantasies, then those… — Lawrence Douglas Copy Share Image
There's not a lot of whimsicality in the form, not a lot of indulgence allowed. Like when I was younger, I would… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
If you find yourself loving any pleasure more than your prayers, any book better than the Bible, any house better than the… — Thomas Guthrie Copy Share Image
To be shown love is to feel ourselves the object of concern: our presence is noted, our name is registered, our views… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief.… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
