“The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.”
Chanakya
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of the wise man is in his heart”
Benjamin Franklin
“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.”
Gian Carlo Menotti
“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
William Blake
“Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”
“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
“For quite a few millennia, the man has been trying to restrain souls, striving to keep himself outside.”
Mariana Fulger