The more a man denies himself the more he shall obtain from God.—Horace.
The worst education which teaches self-denial is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.—John Sterling.
Selfishness.—Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself.—Beecher.
It is to be doubted whether he will ever find the way to heaven who desires to go thither alone.—Feltham.
Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.—H.W. Shaw.
We erect the idol self, and not only wish others to worship, but worship ourselves.—Cecil.
Silence.—Be silent, or say something better than silence.—Pythagoras.
God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken,
And yet so profound, so loud, and so far,
It fills you, it thrills you with measures unbroken,
And as soft, and as fair, and as far as a star.
—Joaquin Miller.
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrusts himself.—La Rochefoucauld.
If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.—Quarles.