Clarence Day Quotes

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?

I'm someone who thinks that where there's a void, I need to fill it, but I'm trying to have patience and a little bit of discipline.

Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.

The best things carried to excess are wrong.

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.

I didn't stay patient enough at times, maybe.

I have such a temperament that I cannot do anything in excess.

Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.

There is a mistaken idea, ancient but still with us, that an overdose of anything from fornication to hot chocolate will teach restraint by the very results of its abuse.

We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast

Don't be impatient when it takes too long. Or drink it all even when it tastes to strong.

One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.

Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.

Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.

Waiting is a state of mind that says we want what we don't have. Therefore, with every kind of waiting we produce an inner conflict between now and the projected future. This greatly reduces the quality of our life. Are you a 'habitual waiter'?

Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.

In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.

Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave

Season your admiration for a while.