Stefan Zweig Quotes

for the more a man restricts himself the closer he is, conversely, to infinity.

Teach him to deny himself.

The disciplined are free.

I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my own heart.

Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied when you are trying to rise to a higher sphere.

Restraint never ruins one's health. What ruins it,is not restraint but outward suppression. A really self-restrained person grows every day from strength to strength and from peace to more peace. The very first step in self-restraint is the restraint of thoughts.

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

If you want to succeed, limit yourself.

I, also, would like to look and smile, sit and walk like that, so free, so worthy, so restrained, so candid, so childlike and mysterious. A man only looks and walks like that when he has conquered his Self. I also will conquer my Self.

Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn't planned or counted on.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

I don't think limits.

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

With renunciation life begins.