“It is not easy to remain motivated in the face of widespread apathy and self-indulgence.”

“Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.”

“Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.”

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

“The family is in flux, and signs of trouble are widespread. Expectations remain high. But realities are disturbing.”

“In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.”

“Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence but none to self-restraint, and let us daily progress in that direction.”

“The fashions of human affairs are brief and changeable, and fortune never remains long indulgent.”
Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et fortuna nunquam simpliciter indulget.

“Self-denial surely means somethings far greater than some slight and insignificant lessening of our self-indulgences!”

“Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering; the capacity for self-indulgence changes hands.”