When you refrain from habitual thoughts and behavior, the uncomfortable feelings will still be there. They don’t magically disappear. Over the years,… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
If you're going to live in a community, you have to refrain from killing one another and stealing from one another. You… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
It would have been more to the point, more honest and more Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years. When I… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and… — Moses Copy Share Image
For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks… — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president,… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. — Horace Copy Share Image
It is a bigger miracle to be patient and refrain from anger than it is to control the demons which fly through… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none. — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Refrain from drink which is the source of all evil-and the ruin of half the workmen in this Country. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The costliness of keeping friends does not lie in what one does for them, but in what one, out of consideration for… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
[Antonio] Gramsci's words and actions explain their assessment, though I think we should refrain from using the term "model intellectual" for him… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
...Where and when God finds you ready, he must act and overflow into you, just as when the air is clear and… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour. — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern yourself with whether it is followed… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
The Verse-Refrain form starts with a context before the topic that the Refrain is talking about happens. — Ryan Cayabyab Copy Share Image
"Who are we to say what is right and what is wrong?" is the common refrain under the doctrine of pure pluralism.… — Benjamin Hart Copy Share Image
We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds… — Confucius Copy Share Image
We're not all the same. A common liberal refrain is that differences between individuals are statistically more significant than those between cultural,… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The Japanese tend to communicate via nuance and euphemism, often leaving important things unsaid; whereas Americans tend to think they're being subtle… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
He is careful to deny responsibility for September, but he does not, you notice, condemn the killings. He also refrains from killing… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, give advice to a woman who is setting out on a matrimonial… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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