It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas [enlightened heroes… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The man who speaks and writes about art should refrain from censuring or pontificating. He will thus avoid doing anything foolish, for… — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Nowhere is it written that NATO had to accept certain countries. All that would have been required to refrain from doing so… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
We are interested in stifling the sale of this book. We believe that this can be best accomplished by refusing to be… — Madison Grant Copy Share Image
Any time one person makes an effort to contact a deeper part of him or herself, balance his or her emotions, and… — Howard Martin Copy Share Image
Do not be deceived by a man's eloquence; rather whoever fulfils trusts and refrains from impugning people's honour is a real man. — Umar Copy Share Image
So give your complete attention to what you feel, and refrain from mentally labeling it. As you go into the feeling, be… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
To avoid causing terror to living beings, let the disciple refrain from eating meat... the food of the wise is that which… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I cannot refrain from saying that women must come to recognize there is some function of womanhood other than being a child-bearing… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
It is this refrain that we hear repeated by everyone: you are not at home, this is not a sanatorium, the only… — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
A man ranks lowest on the credibility index; if he refrains to appreciate the creative instinct of his acquaintances jealously, but likes… — Anuj Copy Share Image
No parent ought to punish a child except with a view to the child's good. And in order to do good to… — Henry Clay Trumbull Copy Share Image
So often we give God a partial obedience. We do not dare to disobey, but we do not care to obey fully.… — Ebenezer Erskine Copy Share Image
Children are notoriously curious about everything, everything except... the things people want them to know. It then remains for us to refrain… — Floyd Dell Copy Share Image
There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life. — N. T. Rama Rao, Jr Copy Share Image
Should you happen to notice that another person is extremely tall or overweight, eats too much or declines convivial drinks, has red… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack. — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share Image
Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain. — John Heywood Copy Share Image
