Quotes about Restraint

Release is not the same as liberation. You get out of jail, all right, but you never stop being condemned.

Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in all things write the word finis in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent, draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand.

Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all?

She had an overwhelming desire to tell him, like the most banal of women, Don't let me go, hold me tight, make me your plaything, your slave, be strong! But they were words she could not say. The only things she said when he released her from his embrace was, 'You don't know how happy I am to be with you.' That was the most her reserved nature allowed her to express.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

A captivated heart, a bridled tongue, a limited curiosity, and a slow reentry after prayer are necessary disciplines of simplicity.

Why should we be satisfied with a brief moment of worship? With such meager devotion, we restrain the flow of God's abundant grace. If God can find a soul filled with a lively faith, He pours His grace into it in a torrent which, having found an open channel, gushes out exuberantly.

Ain't one limb enough?

As a young man, the temptation was to drink the minibar dry. I did all that - now I prefer to get outdoors.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.