Quotes About Abstinence

Professor Morgulis wrote: "The acuity of the senses is increased by fasting, and at the end of his 31 days' abstinence from food, Professor Levanzin could see twice as far as he could when his fast began.

I always supposed I would be delicious," I hear him say, although I note that he does not take any of the meat for himself

Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more than a passing interest in strawberry jam, although now, of course, she was always catching her standing at the open fridge, staring at it longingly. The power of denial.

To me, 'sexual freedom' means freedom from having to have sex.

no tin of Quality Street or Cadbury's selection boxes.

I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?

asceticism or starvation

Sweat began to pour off me and the contents of my stomach–soft serve ice cream, peach schnapps, and a handful of wax potpourri I'd earlier mistaken for Gummi bears–roiled in an unholy stew. The smell of poached eggs was overwhelming. Without benefit of loafers or coat, I ran outside to vomit in a snowbank. All I could think the entire time was, "Nancy Reagan was right." After that, I just said no to smoking pot, and, for quite a while, poaching eggs.

Looking back, my abstinence was less a function of convictions and more because I was too much of a dork to be invited to parties. One doesn't stumble into many dens of iniquity on the way to a speech meet. Let's be real here. I'd have snorted rails off a hooker's ass if a preppy guy named Kip or Trip or Chip handed me the straw.

He absent-mindedly fondled his crotch and then whipped his hand away.No masturbation,he suddenly decided.He tried to think about this but sustained logical thought on one topic was difficult and unnecessary.No,i am not wasting any semen on Madna.It was an impulse,but he felt that he should record it.In the diary under that date,he wrote,'From today no masturbation.Test your will,you bastard'. Then he wondered at his bravado.No masturbation at all?That was impossible.

When we crave something, we are holding on to the desire for the pleasurable aspects of an experience, while denying or ignoring its painful and unpleasant aspects. Craving is inextricably linked to suffering. We can be abstinent and still crave the experience we have abstained from, which is why it is important for us to cultivate sobriety of mind: a mind that is free of craving, calm, and clear-sighted.

I just read an article on the dangers of heavy drinking...scared the hell out of me. So that's it, after today...no more reading

Chaste with a chance of inveterate lust.

With us was her friend Laurie, who's on a hundred-day shopping fast. "It's to teach me to appreciate the things I already have," she said. "I can buy groceries and food, but nothing else—no clothes or music. Not even newspapers

Motherfucker, I ain't seen pussy in so long, I'd throw stones at it.

I'm anti-drugs, 100 percent. I don't like drugs or alcohol. I never did either of the two, and I don't plan on it.

I never drink alcohol.

I don't drink alcohol. I only really drink water.

I don't like the taste of alcohol.

I'm not an ascetic.

If a man makes the world his castle, he does not seek to furnish it.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Penitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself.

Restraint. The original purpose of cultivating restraint is so that eventually one will not need to have restraint.

I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.