Abstinence quotes and words of wisdom |  | "ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying
himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything
but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of
others." | |  | Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
| | | "Abstinence is whereby a man refraineth from anything which he may
lawfully claim." | | | George Eliot
| | | "Against diseases the strongest fence is the defensive virtue,
abstinence." | | | Robert Herrick
| | | "All philosophy lies in two words, "sustain" and "abstain."" | | | Epictetus
| | | "If the appetite alone hath sinned, let it alone fast, and it
sufficeth. But if the other members also have sinned, why should they not
fast, too.... Let the eye fast from strange sights and from every
wantonness, so that that which roamed in freedom in fault-doing may,
abundantly humbled, be checked by penitence. Let the ear, blameably eager
to listen, fast from tales and rumors, and from whatsoever is of idle
import, and tendeth least to salvation. Let the tongue fast from slanders
and murmurings, and from useless, vain, and scurrilous words, and
sometimes also, in the seriousness of silence, even from things which may
seem of essential import. Let the hand abstain from ... all toils which
are not imperatively necessary. But also let the soul herself abstain from
all evils and from acting out her own will. For without such abstinence the
other things find no favor with the Lord." | | | Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
| | | "Keep fast and eat also, stay awake at night and sleep also, for
verily there is a duty on you to your body, not to labor overmuch, so that
ye may not get ill and destroy yourselves; and verily there is a duty on
you to your eyes, ye must sometimes sleep and give them rest; and verily
there is a duty on you to your wife, and to your visitors and guests that
come to see you; ye must talk to them; and nobody hath kept fast who
fasted always; the fast of three days in every month is equal to constant
fasting: then keep three days" fast in every month." | | | Prophet Muhammad
| | | "Refrain tonight, and that shall lend a hand of easiness to the next
abstinence; the next more easy; for use can almost change the stamp of
nature, and either curb the devil, or throw him out with wondrous
potency." | | | William Shakespeare
| | | "The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of
abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in
adversity." | | | Lucius Annaeus Seneca
| | | "To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation." | | | Saint Augustine of Hippo
| | | "To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which
if not a virtue, is the groundwork of a virtue." | | | Dr. Samuel Johnson
| | | "Use, do not abuse; nether abstinence nor excess ever renders man
happy." | | | Francois Voltaire
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Interesting Quotes
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