T. E. Lawrence quoteT. E. Lawrence [1888-1935]
British Soldier 
Quote rank: 121
| The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness. |
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