Form Quote by Tom Robbins

The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start…

— Tom Robbins

“When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. And you get to take yourself oh so very seriously. Your…

— Tom Robbins

The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding…

— Henepola Gunaratana

Three enemies that will weaken your ministry over time: Self-indulgence, bitterness, and carelessness. Strong people discipline their desires, restrain their reactions, and keep their…

— Rick Warren

“When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.”

— Idries Shah

American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian…

— John Updike

Shame can be self-indulgence too.

— Eleanor Clark

Self-indulgence produces a vanity of all vanities.

— Anonymous

America is ensnared in self-indulgence and its future hangs in the balance. Our moral and spiritual foundations are rapidly being destroyed. Our arrogance is…

— John Hagee

“Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Penitence is nothing but a form of self-indulgence. Some things you cannot wash from your hands, and there’s no use in trying.” He”

— Greg Keyes

“Guilt is a self-indulgence.”

— Marian Keyes