Quotes About Moderation

I was not born with tremendous ambition.

I've never wanted to drive a car fast for the sake of it. I mean, I like nice cars. I've got the Bentley, I've had a Lotus, I've had a Rolls-Royce and a few Jaguars, including an E-type. But I'm not somebody for driving tremendously fast.

My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.

An overall trend of political moderation in Latin America makes for far less interesting headlines, but it also makes for far better lives for our people.

Eat kale sometimes, but skip it as a trend.

You can't be spontaneous within reason.

There is a fine line between stubbornness and stupidity as well as intensity and insanity.

Extremities are flawed. Moderation is ideal, save for one occasion.So damn these eyes that weep too much.This mind that thinks too much. But never this heart that loves too much.

More is less, less is more

If you are "playing" too much or "working" too much, you will have a reaction on the other side, which indicates your pace is off, too slow or too fast.

Happiness is there where wants and needs are small, but the desire to give is big.

We are adjured not to burn the candle at both ends.But how many people have verified that physically possible?

Food, clothing and shelter — these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception.

The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.

Never take over the world to tamper with it. Those who want to tamper with it are not fit to take over the world.

Keep it simple. You don't want to overdo it with too much makeup or crazy, over-the-top hairstyles. Let your natural beauty show through.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

If you stop eating donutes you will live 3 years longer.It's just 3 more years that you want a donut. < . ) < .

However, bullets are a bit like salt—often essential to bring out the best, but distasteful if overdone.

Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused," he once wrote. "Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?

I am speechless: what can I answer? I put hand on my mouth. I have said too much already; now I will speak no more.

Never have too good a time

Constant deprivation is no way to live. Don't always skip the delicious stuff for raw carrots and brown rice.

Eating well is really important to me. That means having balanced meals, never missing a meal, never skipping a meal, having a balanced diet, and never doing anything extreme.