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
There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias. — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
My life screams out and says one thing: 'indulgence.' I am a person who would never deny myself anything. — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
Love increases through righteous restraint and decreases through impulsive indulgence. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Life is the great indulgence - death the great abstinence. Therefore, make the most of life here and now! — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Perfect by nature, icons of self indulgence. Just what we need more lies about our world.” — Evanescence Copy Share Image
“The evil consequences that may lie folded in a single act of selfish indulgence is a thought so awful that it ought… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“The rational mind finds yielding to fear an irresistible temptation; but by indulging in this temptation, the mind slays itself.” — Théun Mares Copy Share Image
Throughout the play everything possible was done to show the virtue, innocence and helplessness of the poor, and the abandoned cruelty, the… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant. — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Our understanding of God is the answer to prayer; getting things from God is God's indulgence of us. When God stops giving… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I believe eating well, and with people you love, is about feeding your body, heart, and soul - I used juicing to… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
The idea of absolute freedom is fiction. It's based on the idea of an independent self. But in fact, there's no such… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
As well as making friends with yourself, fundamentally one should be cynical and critical. This doesn't mean that you should punish yourself,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“You said how strange it was that people were prepared to buy expensive material objects, but when it came to making an… — Sarah Ferguson Copy Share Image
Behind every liberal philanthropist fortune is a huge capitalist score. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett can afford now to be liberal -… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
You forget who submits, Eva,” he said gruffly. “I’ve given up control for you. I’ve bent and adjusted for you. I’ll do… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Love makes us instinctively reach out to God and other people. Lust, on the other hand, is anything but godly and celebrates… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
