Quotes About Moderation

When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

A thoroughly good relationship with ourselves results in being still, which doesn't mean we don't run and jump and dance about. It means there's no compulsiveness. We don't overwork, overeat, oversmoke, overseduce. In short, we begin to stop causing harm.

What is called gluttony in one man is a healthy appetite in someone else.

13. Moderation is dull. (Read G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy and The Man Who Was Thursday to refute that cliché.)

I almost passed the IQ test,' he said in a low, shaky voice.' I'm not very special, only moderately'[…]

Danger lies in the extreme. A man who is always cruel is evil, a man who is always compassionate will be taken advantage of. It is more a question of balance, or harmony, if you will.

scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee.

The only elixir to pass my lips was solitude." "Be careful you don't drink too much of that. It needs to be balanced by a rich diet of fine company.

We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

Family, like arsenic, works best in small doses.

Do you think there can be such a thing as too much happiness?

Because the technology is just gonna get better and better and better and better. And it's gonna get easier and easier, and more and more convenient, and more and more pleasurable, to be alone with images on a screen, given to us by people who do not love us but want our money. Which is all right. In low doses, right? But if that's the basic main staple of your diet, you're gonna die. In a meaningful way, you're going to die.

The other thing about giving feedback is that you don't do it all day, every day. It's got to be in small doses at the right moment.

Why is it some people can manage a thing like a Fitbit, while others go off the rails and allow it to rule, and perhaps even ruin, their lives?

A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.

My suspicion is that, like me, most of you reading these pages are drawn to extremes. Moderation bores you. You seek challenges and adventures that dwell on the outer edges. The path of least resistance is not a route often traveled.

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

It takes a lot of practice to ensure that a whole bottle of Cabernet and a pint of beer makes only a slight dent in your sobriety, but Howard felt he had reached this stage of accomplishment.

When you hungry it is painful but when de belly too full it painful too.

Nobody needs an abundance of plaid.

If the audience gets to see anything in abundance, they lose interest.

Use, don't abuse.

I'd say I watch a fair amount of TV, but I'm not a TV addict by any means.

I try to use a balance of the 80/20 percent, where 80 percent of the time I'm eating very well, and 20 percent of the time, I'm a little more adventurous.