Abstention Quote by Vida Dutton Scudder Download Open image “An element of abstention, of restraint, must enter into all finer joys.” — Vida Dutton Scudder ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abstention Discipline and self control Elements Happiness Joy Motivational Power and control Restraint Self control Self power Will power
An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution,… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The purest joys are available to all of us, and they're unrelated to status, recognition, or material desires.” — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“Find your own joy within and then greater joy will be added to you.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Seek joyfulness when you can, for seeking joy leads to an auspicious atmosphere.” — Jonathan D. Spence Copy Share Image
“Access your joy within; feel and focus on it, allowing it to expand to fill your entire being.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
The worst danger of the mystic is as always a quest of spiritual privilege leading to aloofness from the common lot. — Vida Dutton Scudder Copy Share Image
Luxury, like a minimum wage, is a relationship; it changes as we change. — Vida Dutton Scudder Copy Share Image
My work...is to shatter the faith of men here, there, and everywhere, faith in affirmation, faith in negation, and faith in abstention from faith,… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
Capital is not a free gift of God or of nature. It is the outcome of a provident restriction of consumption on the part… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading. — Joseph Hertz Copy Share Image
A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank you for… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation has been… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
After the German abstention at the UN, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle commented that Germany doesn't always have to stand on the side of its… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Each one of us, as long as life stirs is us, may play a part in extricating ourselves from the power system by asserting… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
I have not had a moment's peace or happiness in respect to electromagnetic theory since November 28, 1846. All this time I have been… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
Twitter is a deliberate abstention. Somehow I hate the idea of there always being, in the back of my mind, this little voice saying:… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
“I don't smoke, don't drink, don't fuck. At least i can fucking think.” — Ian Mackaye Copy Share Image
