Immanuel Kant Quotes

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

I have to reign myself in a lot.

One of the things we're taught as actors is restraint - don't jump off the cliff.

The hardest thing for me is restraint.

Lust is an appetite that needs to be regulated.

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire.

Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.

We do want to drive out the beast in man, but we do not want on that account to emasculate him.

The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture.

I am not allowing myself to get carried away.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

I need to rein myself in sometimes.

I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use.

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.