There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate… — Rumi Copy Share Image
'Children, don't speak so coarsely,' said Mr Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercised over his daughters'… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral rather than athletic or intellectual effort, and… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
“Patience is the antidote to the restless poison of the Ego. Without it we all become ego-maniacal bulls in china shops, destroying… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When Indian musicians play a raga it's very restrictive. But, in a way these restraints are essential to liberate yourself through them,… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“With the support of the knowledge of Vyavasthit (result of Scientific Circumstantial Evidence) and the awakened awareness (jagruti) of One's own Real… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Saiyam parinaam (A resultant state that is free of anger-pride-deceit-greed, attachment and abhorrence) can only arise whilst living in worldly life. Saiyam… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The story of man is the history, first, of the acceptance and imposition of restraints necessary to permit communal life; and second,… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
Sexuality and love can be different things. I can be attracted to a woman sexually, but it doesn't mean I want to… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Typically, discussions of the safety net boil down to one side wanting to spend more in the name of compassion, and the… — Todd Young Copy Share Image
The thing about champagne,you say, unfoiling the cork, unwinding the wire restraint, is that is the ultimate associative object. Every time you… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without… — J. Irwin Miller Copy Share Image
The power of the state to impose restraints and burdens upon persons and property in conservation and promotion of the public health,… — Melville Fuller Copy Share Image
Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the… — Barbara Deming Copy Share Image
We tolerate, even promote, many things we once regarded as evil, wrong, or immoral. And then we seek "explanations" for an act… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
