Quotes about Restraint

You don't have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.

The strong man is not one who is good at wrestling, but the strong man is one who controls himself in a fit of rage.

The nature of God's love for us is outrageous. Why doesn't this God of ours display some taste and discretion in dealing with us? Why doesn't He show more restraint? To be blunt about it, couldn't God arrange to have a little more dignity? Wow!

We probably will never be free from all our hostilities, and there even may be days and weeks in which our hostile feelings dominate our emotional life to such a degree that the best thing we can do is to keep distance, speak little to others and not write letters, except to ourselves.

What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.

Real power is measured by how much you can let things be.

Self-control is one mark of a mature person; it applies to control of language, physical treatment of others, and the appetites of the body.

Any known attempt at proselyting would be instantly amenable at a criminal tribunal and would probably be punished by the death of the proselyte and the banishment of the missionary. All efforts must be conducted in private and are therefore very limited.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

It's a good feeling to not tell people what's going on.