Abstinence Quotes

126 quotes by 96 authors

Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with no frustrations which… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Wherever on earth the religious neurosis has appeared we find it tied to three dangerous dietary demands: solitude, fasting, and sexual abstinence. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Real filth is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure waters,… — Elif Safak
Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason. — Robert South
Abstinence is easier than temperance. — Seneca the Younger
When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture. — Tom Perrotta
I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations. — Vance Havner
Joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass: in the blue serenity of the sky: in the reckless exuberance of spring:… — Rabindranath Tagore
The few bad poems which occasionally are created during abstinence are of no great interest. — Wilhelm Reich
I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants. — Dick Cavett
Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution. — Aldo Leopold
Abstinence is the surety of temperance. — Plato
Great sorrow or great joy should bring intense hunger--not abstinence from food, as our novelists will have it. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. — Charles Dickens
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. — Epictetus
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. — W.C. Fields
Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted. — Thomas Jefferson
Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of Christ. Those with… — John Piper
The Obama administration now has regulations that tells them that they can no longer promote marriage to these young girls. They can no longer promote… — Rick Santorum
Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

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