The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.
Friedrich NietzscheUnder the present conditions, everything conspires to obscure the basic movement that tends to restore wealth to its function, to gift-giving, to squandering without reciprocation.
Georges BatailleTags: excess the-gift bataille non-recriprocation squandering the-accursed-share
Those that much covet are with gain so fond,
For what they have not, that which they possess
They scatter and unloose it from their bond,
And so, by hoping more, they have but less;
Or, gaining more, the profit of excess
Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain,
That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain.
Tags: excess desires greed possessions entitlement gain insatiability
Too much of anything could destroy you, Simon thought. Too much darkness could kill, but too much light could blind.
Cassandra ClareTags: excess darkness light simon-lewis
I have heard that, with some persons, temperance – that is, moderation – is almost impossible; and if abstinence be an evil (which some have doubted), no one will deny that excess is a greater. Some parents have entirely prohibited their children from tasting intoxicating liquors; but a parent’s authority cannot last for ever; children are naturally prone to hanker after forbidden things; and a child, in such a case, would be likely to have a strong curiosity to taste, and try the effect of what has been so lauded and enjoyed by others, so strictly forbidden to himself – which curiosity would generally be gratified on the first convenient opportunity; and the restraint once broken, serious consequences might ensue.
Anne BrontëTags: parents children evil excess moderation control abstinence upbringing temperance
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
Knut HamsunExcess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
PlatoTags: liberty excess state individual slavery
We must remember balance and moderation. Patience can be spiritually enriching and virtuous… but when taken in excess, it turns to procrastination, the poison of inaction.
Steve MaraboliTags: success procrastination excess patience moderation spirituality balance inaction poison
God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find more ways to spend it. It's not so we can indulge ourselves and spoil our children. It's not so we can insulate ourselves from needing God's provision. It's so we can give and give generously (2 Corinthians 8:14; 9:11)
Randy AlcornTags: money excess selfishness stewardship generosity giving sharing more spoil less spending corinthians
Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need.
Randy AlcornTags: excess scripture stewardship greed need giving sharing
« first previous
Page 3 of 5.
next last »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.