Abstinence Quote by Josef Pieper Download Open image “Surrender to sensuality paralyzes the powers of the moral person.” — Josef Pieper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abstinence Character Moral Persons Sensuality Surrender
Unchaste abandon and the self-surrender of the soul to the world of sensuality paralyzes the primordial powers of the moral person: the ability to… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
One must do violence to the object of one's desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater. — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Total surrender to the demands of the human spirit: be attentive, be intelligent, be reasonable, be responsible, be in love. — Bernard Lonergan Copy Share Image
“Sensuality, as long as it is straightforward did not repel him, but this derived sensuality - the sort that classes a mistress among motor-cars if she is beautiful, and among eye-flies if she isn't - was alien to his own emotions . . . It was, in a new form, the old, old trouble that eats the heart out of… — E.M. Forster Copy Share
“Sexual desire does not obey the laws that maintain peace and contentment between partners. Reason, understanding, compassion, and camaraderie are the handmaidens of a close, harmonious relationship. But sex often evokes unreasoning obsession rather than thoughtful judgment, and selfish desire rather than altruistic consideration. Aggression, objectification, and power all exist in the shadow of desire, components of passion that do… — Esther Perel Copy Share
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sex endows the individual with a dumb and powerful instinct, which carries his body and soul continually towards another, makes it one of the… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“Sensual indulgence weakens the mind and debases the soul. The moral and intellectual powers are benumbed and paralyzed by the gratification of the animal… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
“A woman who is in touch with her sensuality subliminally empowers her man to prosper, flourish and truly live a happy life. She does… — Lebo Grand Copy Share Image
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Although the progress of civilisation has undoubtedly contributed to assuage the fiercer passions of human nature, it seems to have been less favourable to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The delight we take in our senses is an implicit desire to know the ultimate reason for things, the highest cause. The desire for… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
“The vacancy left by absence of worship is filled by mere killing of time and by boredom, which is directly related to inability to… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
“Patience is not the indiscriminate acceptance of any sort of evil: "It is not the one who does not flee from evil who is… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of contemplation is… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Justice is a habit (habitus), whereby a man renders to each one his due with constant and perpetual will. — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
The brave man uses wrath for his own act, above all in attack, 'for it is peculiar to wrath to pounce upon evil. Thus… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by love. "Without… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Beauty, however, must here be understood in its original meaning: as the glow of the true and the good irradiating from every ordered state… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
If God really became incarnate, and if His Incarnation can with justice compel man to change his life,then we have no alternative but to… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Sexual activity, and the thoughts and fantasies of sex, use up a great portion of our vital force. When that force is conserved through… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
Used with due abstinence, hope acts as a healthful tonic; intemperately indulged, as an enervating opiate. The visions of future triumph, which at first… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
When a married person uses pornography, or is unfaithful, it compromises not just his (or her) purity, but also compromises the spouse's purity. As… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“Look, choosing to wait until marriage makes me feel empowered. But if the same choice cripples you, then it wasn't the right one.” — Rachael Allen Copy Share Image
Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them.… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Abstinence-only education - the best STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and pregnancy delivery system that politicians have ever devised. — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
While one may lose much because of avarice, nothing was ever accomplished by abstinence. — Isuna Hasekura Copy Share Image
I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to… — Jenny McCarthy Copy Share Image
How do we want our air? Pure. How do we want our water? Pure. How do we want sex on our wedding night? Pure. — Molly Kelly Copy Share Image
“There’s gratification in abstaining from the easy choice. Instant gratification can bring more suffering than pleasure. If I do the hard thing, the next… — Cecily Wang Copy Share Image
