Word: self-control
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...married partners can be the highest expression of love. Such expression can honestly exist only when long range emotional commitments unite a couple. Where such profound, permanent relationships are not found, sex loses all but the dimension of physical gratification. Any person can and should develop the discipline and self-control to postpone such gratification until he chooses to accept all the responsibilities of marriage and family. I believe this to be ultimately the most satisfying approach...
...Perhaps the correspondence between war, with its manipulation of armies, and music, with its manipulation of tones, suggests itself to him through his study of Tai Chi, one of the Chinese martial arts. Through these exercises, which teach a stylized and highly disciplined form of self-defense. Chen claims to have acquired the self-control and profound concentration that he brings to his conducting. The bare hands are the weapons both for self-defense and for conducting, and Chen has trained his to function "with their own mind, and yet without mind...
...most Jewish students, moreover, prudent self-control of this sort is transformed into actual self-denial. Someone who is mildly embarrassed about his or her Jewishness, who is vaguely fearful about accusations of double-loyalty or parochial self-interest, and who only wants to be "just like everybody else" is hardly likely to be a vocal supporter of Israel even in the best of circumstances...
While the human brain has been put to work creating tools and taking action, whales' enormous brains seem to be anatomically structured to emphasize humor, emotional self-control and abstract thought. Much of their brain is also designed to receive an almost unimaginably rich flow of perceptions. Modern technology gives a bare hint of what cetaceans might "think." Most communicate in part with a superior sort of sonar. They emit "clicks" and "pings," then read the echoes in three dimensions. "One dolphin scanning another," explains John Sutphen, a doctor at Connecticut's Lawrence Hospital, "does not just receive...
...obtained some samples of the drug and first tried it himself. It gave him an emotional lift, producing what he described as a "normal euphoria." After that he used cocaine frequently, always with the same results. Freud coolly summarized his experiences in his notes: "You perceive an increase of self-control, possess more vitality and capacity for work. This result is enjoyed without any of the unpleasant aftermaths which accompany exhilaration through alcoholic means...