Refrain Quotes

210 quotes by 184 authors

If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have you… — Seneca the Younger
If God has given graces to some good women, revealing to them something holy and good through His Holy Scriptures, should they, for the sake… — Marie Dentiere
O my soul, how can you refrain from plunging yourself ever deeper and deeper into the love of Christ, who did not forget you in… — Angela of Foligno
It can be argued that rapists deserve to be raped, that mutilators deserve to be mutilated. Most societies, however, refrain from responding in this way… — Stephen Bright
If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus… — Gregory of Nyssa
Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer. — Lisa Ling
How to achieve the moral breakdown of the enemy before the war has started - that is the problem that interests me. Whoever has experienced… — Adolf Hitler
I didn't want to be different. I longed to be everything grownups wanted, so they would love me. I followed all their rules, tried my… — Leslie Feinberg
Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour. — Gichin Funakoshi
But elimination will only happen if all countries - nuclear and non-nuclear states - genuinely work towards this result. Nuclear states must abolish their arsenals,… — C. G. Weeramantry
I cannot refrain from saying that women must come to recognize there is some function of womanhood other than being a child-bearing machine. — Margaret Sanger
Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal; where every man… — John F. Kennedy
Just as the right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking are complementary components of a broader concept of individual freedom, so also… — John Paul Stevens
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldnâ€™t hesitate to do so. — Andre Gide
Kindness is not without its rocks ahead. People are apt to put it down to an easy temper and seldom recognize it as the secret… — Honore de Balzac
You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water,… — Gautama Buddha
One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming… — Gautama Buddha
If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really… — Gautama Buddha
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh. — Gautama Buddha
From eating meat arrogance is born, from arrogance erroneous imaginations issue, and from imagination is born greed; and for this reason refrain from eating meat. — Gautama Buddha

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