Quotes About Moderation

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

Tantra is for extremists, but balanced extremists.

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.

In everything, it is no easy task to find the middle.

If you wish to make Pythocles rich, do not add to his store of money, but subtract from his desires.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

Being satisfied with little, you can gain much. Seeking much you will go astray. The wise heeds this precept. If it could be so with all people!

Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer.

All philosophy lies in two words sustain and abstain.

Enough is never enough.

I do not want to grow for the sake of growth. Never will I be blind by greed.

Don't work in a restaurant if you can't control your hunger for food.

Do you live to eat or eat to live?

Give us everything we ask for and suddenly it's too much.

Don't eat too much, and never forget to love too much.

In general, in poetry and literature, I am among those people who believe that too much is indispensable.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.

No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

We are now vibrating between too much and too little government, and the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.

Liberal politics meant the politics of common-sense.

In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little.