Abstinence Quote by Oscar Wilde Download Open image “Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.” — Oscar Wilde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abstinence Atheism Body Body Christianity Body of christ Christianity Denial Denial Shining Fear Political Rage Self Self denial Shining Sore Leprous
Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied when you… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
“Self-denial means knowing only Christ, and no longer oneself. It means seeing only Christ, who goes ahead of us, and no longer the path… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit. — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God; and, by making you his partner, interests you in all his happiness. — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
The Christian religion and morality extols the glory of the Hereafter, and therefore remains indifferent to the horrors of the earth. Indeed, the idea… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
“The astonishing paradox of Christ's teaching and of Christian experience is this: if we lose ourselves in following Christ, we actually find ourselves. True… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde 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
“Male masturbation is not a release, it is a squandering. Anyone who begins to no-fap will soon discover this. Like most things, we have… — Jack Freestone 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
“The secular, for all its goodness, does not defend itself very well against mindless and perpetual consumption. It cries out to be offered by… — Robert Farrar Capon Copy Share Image
