Quotes About Temperance

When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.

I'm not a madman.

I'm not a control maniac.

Father says hot water can be as stimulating as an alcoholic drink and though I never come by one...I can well believe it.

He that would be safe from the acts of evil, must widely avoid the occasions.

A holy man will follow after meekness, longsuffering, gentleness, patience, kind tempers, government of his tongue. He will bear much, forbear much, overlook much and be slow to talk of standing on his rights. We see a bright example of this in the behaviour of David when Shimei cursed him, and of Moses when Aaron and Miriam spake against him (2 Samuel 16: 10; Numbers 12: 3).

holy man will follow after temperance and self-denial. He will labour to mortify the desires of his body, to crucify his flesh with his affections and lusts, to curb his passions, to restrain his

Modesty is my best quality.

You will begin to see desire's impermanent nature, and you will also realize that you do not have to act on every thought or desire. You will learn that you can choose from the many possibilities of how to respond to desire when it arises, and you can discover a new kind of freedom, where you do not have to follow your desires, but can choose to behave in new ways in response to your desires.

As you acknowledge desire or wanting, you can begin to see that your mind acts a little like a child at Disneyland: "I want that candy and I want to go on that ride and I want that stuffed toy.

the true test of awesome power is the ability not to use it,

The very important thing you should have is patience.

Genghis Khan warned them against the pursuit of a "colorful" life with material frivolities and wasteful pleasures. "It will be easy," he explained, "to forget your vision and purpose once you have fine clothes, fast horses, and beautiful women." In that case, "you will be no better than a slave, and you will surely lose everything.

Sex in the body is fine. Money in the wallet is fine. It is only a problem when they enter your mind.

The curtailing of one's desires is the beginning of wisdom; their entire mastery its consumption.

No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed.

Patience is passion tamed.

Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to win our approbation, and in this way he flatters us.

A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.

Eating in excess is a sin.

Whatever you do, I wanted to say, do not be too happy. It will bring down fire on your head. I said nothing, and let her dance.

Hati-hati terhadap kemarahan orang yang penyabar.

because in the Dissolving, the fire should be light always, in the Sublimation mean, in the Coagulation temperate, continual in the Whitening, and strong in the Rubification.

Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil.