“He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquillity, is quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with all other beings, he indeed is an ascetic.”
Friedrich Max Muller
“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
William Blake
“The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.”
William Blackstone
“Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
“It was probably a bit quiet, a bit subdued and then we took that outside on the field, and as soon as we made a couple of errors, dropped our bundle a little bit.”
Craig Fitzgibbon
“The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.”
Chanakya
“Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.”
William Penn