Quotes about Restraint

God bears long with the wicked notwithstanding the multitude of their sin, and shall we desire to be revenged because of a single injury?

Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.

You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.

[Sunday] should be different from another day. People may walk, but not throw stones at birds. There may be relaxation, but there should be no levity.

Through discipline comes freedom.

When in doubt, say nothing and move on.

I don't know if I ever really get mad in real life.

Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.

Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.

As the defenders of truth refuse to honor the Sunday-sabbath, some of them will be thrust into prison, some will be exiled, some will be treated as slaves. To human wisdom all this now seems impossible; but as the restraining Spirit of God shall be withdrawn from men, and they shall be under the control of Satan, who hates the divine precepts, there will be strange developments. The heart can be very cruel when God's fear and love are removed.

This kind of holy envy comes with its own safeguard. Although I am allowed to admire what is growing in the well-tended fields of my religious neighbors, I am not allowed to pull off the road and help myself. The things I envy have their own terroir, their own long histories of weather and fertilization. They do not exist to serve me, improve me, or profit me.