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abstinence Quotes

Two of the best book quotes about abstinence
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″ A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point.”
C. S. Lewis
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The Weight of Glory
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“For like as foods are threefold for mankind In nourishing, so is there threefold way Of worship, abstinence, and almsgiving!”
Anonymous
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Krishna
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