Continence

Continence is the ability to moderate, restrain and control desire.

Quotes

• By continence the scattered elements of the self are collected and brought back into the unity from which we have slid away into dispersion.
  • Augustine, Confessions, Book 10, Chapter 29

See also

• Desire
• Incontinence
• Moderation
• Self-control
• Self discipline
• Temperance