Degrees Quote by William Blake

Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

— William Blake

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

— William Blake

In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to…

— George Santayana

There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do…

— Rumi

When others are not doing what we would like them to or are threatening disobedience, we are most conscious of the need of controlling…

— John Dewey

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

— Andre Gide

Restraint offers a space between intention and action and the opportunity to protect others from actions or reactions that should exist only in your…

— Stephanie Dowrick

If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of the struggle…

— Sylvia Boorstein

It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them.

— Anonymous

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire.

— David Droga

Adults are naturally most conscious of directing the conduct of others when they are immediately aiming so to do. As a rule, they have…

— John Dewey

When we try to control relationships by being manipulative or forceful in our ideals we often find we push the other person away so…

— Anonymous