Quotes About Moderation

Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical. If

71 Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

38] Too much and too little wine. Do not give him any, he cannot find the truth. Give him too much; the same thing.

Two excesses: to exclude reason, to admit nothing but reason.

Festina lente may well be his motto

Since the result is the same either way, I choose the path of least disruption

Lo único que hacía era estudiar demasiado, y nunca sabía cuándo debía detenerme.

The art of avoiding extremes is an art that is drawn on the canvas of maturity and painted with the abstract strokes of many experiences.

Datta, dayadhvam, damyata (Give, sympathize, control)

Make Philosophy your evening guest, but do not let her stay the night.

To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity—a waste of precious time and effort.

In Ramadan, you should eat less and think more.

I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet -- only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles.

y, como a menudo pensaba, su verdadera sabiduría había consistido en haber conducido su existencia por los senderos de la modestia, la moderación y la mediocridad.

Pasé muchos años en Europa, durante los cuales mi pasión musical creció, se diversificó, se afinó, hasta que finalmente, si no se extinguió, alcanzó una moderada quietud, a medio camino entre el deber y el aburrimiento. Probablemente ése sea el destino de todas las pasiones.

They could have moderated things a little, don't you think, but they were, like, Fuck that, what are friendships for if not for instigating?

I like cats as much as the next person, in the right quantity.

There was such a thing as giving too much, after all

The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy.

A quiet life," Stheno replied. "You wouldn't think it was a lot to ask.

Real life's only bearable if you don't have to live in it all the time

There is a secret key to nurturing your health. This key is an essential secret transmission that any person aiming to take good care of himself must understand and observe. The secret is in the single word decrease. Decrease means to reduce all of your ten thousand affairs and avoid increasing them. Be frugal in everything or, in other words, decrease your desires

For a while, I had a rule of no smartphone in bed, but now I've upgraded to no smartphone in the bedroom. The fact that we need rules shows how much these things have invaded our lives.

Investing should be dull. It shouldn't be exciting.