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• Rejecting all organs of informationbut my senses, I rid myself of the Pyrrhonisms with which an indulgence in speculations hyperphysical and antiphysical so uselessly occupy and disquiet the mind.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Mind, Speculation, Organs

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• Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

  Samuel Johnson

  Sorry, Real, Anger

  Samuel Johnson (2014). “The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776”, p.360, Princeton University Press

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• ... the reason why there are so few first-class poets is that many people have intense feelings or first-class minds but to get the two together so that you will be willing to put a poem through sixty drafts, to be that self-critical, to keep breaking it down, that is what is rare. Right now most poetry is just self-indulgence.

  May Sarton

  Self, Class, Two

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• Not many years ago, it was access to information and movement that seemed our greatest luxury; nowadays it’s often freedom from information, the chance to sit still, that feels like the ultimate prize. Stillness is not just an indulgence for those with enough resources – it’s a necessity for anyone who wishes to gather less visible resources.

  Pico Iyer

  Years, Luxury, Silence

  Pico Iyer (2014). “The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world, void of national bias, race, hate, and religious prejudice. There should be no indulgence in undue eulogy of the Negro. The case of the Negro is well taken care of when it is shown how he has far influenced the development of civilization.

  Carter G. Woodson

  Religious, Hate, Taken

  Carter G. Woodson (2008). “Negro Makers of History”, p.20, Wildside Press LLC

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• I crave the indulgence of my senses but this is countered by an interior desire that is even keener than my senses to know the meaning of things

  Errol Flynn

  Wisdom, Australia, Desire

  Errol Flynn, Jeffrey Meyers (2002). “My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Autobiography of Errol Flynn”, p.416, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the most self-indulgent fiction.

  A. S. Byatt

  Lying, Self, Fiction

  "Sugar and Other Stories". Book by A. S. Byatt, 1987.

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• Love makes us instinctively reach out to God and other people. Lust, on the other hand, is anything but godly and celebrates self-indulgence. Love comes with open hands and open heart; lust comes with only an open appetite. These are just some of the reasons that prostituting the true meaning of love-either with imagination or another person-is so destructive. It destroys that which is second only to our faith in God-namely, faith in those we love. It shakes the pillars of trust upon which present-or future-love is built, and it takes a long time to rebuild that trust when it is lost.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Heart, Godly, Love Is

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• I learnt, for the first time, the joys of substituting hard, disciplined study for the indulgence of day-dreaming.

  James Black

  Dream, Science, Discipline

  "Sir James Black obituary" by Pearce Wright, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2010.

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• A human-being is not a human-being while his tendencies include self-indulgence, covetousness, temper and attacking other people

  Al-Ghazali

  Wisdom, Islamic, Self

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• Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

  David Brin

  Believe, Writing, Skills

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• God almighty, in a few short hours we will be in battle with the enemy. We do not join battle afraid. We do not ask favors or indulgence but ask that, if You will, use us as Your instrument for the right and an aid in returning peace to the world.

  Robert Lee Wolverton

  Sacrifice, Enemy, Battle

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• Man's home is nature; his purposes and aims are dependent for execution upon natural conditions. Separated from such conditions they become empty dreams and idle indulgences of fancy.

  John Dewey

  Dream, Nature, Home

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Sidney Hook (2008). “The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education”, p.294, SIU Press

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• And so I continue in borderline poverty, save for my one indulgence, no, my single absolute necessity: I take cabs. Yes, on occasion, when I wish to see what people with unpleasant skin conditions are wearing, I do take the subway. I have never, I am proud to say, taken the bus, because people who take the bus have given up.

  Paul Rudnick

  Taken, People, Wish

  Paul Rudnick (2009). “I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey”, Harper

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• When you and I are inclined to nestle down in indolence and self indulgence. God "stirs up our nests" and bids us fly upward.

  Theodore L. Cuyler

  Self, Nests, Indolence

  "The Church Times" by The Diocese, Volumes 8-10, p. 189, 1897.

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• The intellectual's ... playfulness, in its various manifestations, is likely to seem to most men a perverse luxury; in the United States the play of the mind is perhaps the only form of play that is not looked upon with the most tender indulgence. His piety is likely to seem nettlesome, if not actually dangerous. And neither quality is considered to contribute very much to the practical business of life.

  Richard Hofstadter

  Men, Play, Luxury

  "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life". Book by Richard Hofstadter (p. 33), 1974.

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• The gossip is like chocolate - a small indulgence in an otherwise serious diet.

  Roxanne Roberts

  Gossip, Chocolate, Serious

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• of the world and drudgery of business , seeks a pretense of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence.

  David Hume

  Giving, World, Reason

  John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume (2013). “The Empiricists: Locke: Concerning Human Understanding; Berkeley: Principles of Human Knowledge & 3 Dialogues; Hume: Concerning Human Understanding & Concerning Natural Religio”, p.334, Anchor

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• In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close knit communities, and our faith in God , too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption .

  Jimmy Carter

  Strong, Hard Work, Self

  Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence, delivered 15 July, 1979

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• The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of living with balance. This is a middle way that moves between the extremes of poverty and indulgence.

  Duane Elgin

  Inspiring, Moving, Simplicity

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• What's the ultimate price I'll pay if I don't stop this indulgence now? By asking questions like this, they'll associate pain to overeating, and their behavior will change immediately.

  Tony Robbins

  Pain, Loss, Asking Questions

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.219, Simon and Schuster

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• In medieval times, the Church used to sell 'indulgences' for money. This amounted to paying for some number of days' remission from purgatory, and the Church literally (and with breathtaking presumption) issued signed certificates specifying the number of days off that had been purchased. . . . And of all its money-making rip-offs, the selling of indulgences must surely rank among the greatest con tricks in history. . . .

  Richard Dawkins

  Rip, Numbers, Religion

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• A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development.

  P. D. James

  Healthy, Development, Surveillance

  P. D. James (2010). “The Children of Men”, p.23, Vintage

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• Eventually, a collection ceases to be a personal indulgence and assumes its own identity. In fact, it becomes a thing in its own right - rather like Frankenstein's monster.

  Howard Hodgkin

  Identity, Facts, Monsters

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• Sex should be a perfect balance of pain and pleasure. Without that symmetry, sex becomes a routine rather than an indulgence.

  Marquis de Sade

  Sex, Pain, Perfect

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