Quotes About Moderation

He whose needs are the least will always be the nearest to God.

Many people in the world are killed by supper rather than by the sword.

Three things must be carefully governed by you; time, money and yourself.

Too much of anything can't help you make your life better or happy.

So don't study and swot too much, for that makes one sterile. Enjoy yourself too much rather than too little, and don't take art or love too seriously- there is very little one can do about it

To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.

Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief.

A Yogi must avoid the two extremes of luxury and austerity. He must not fast, nor torture his flesh. He who does so, says the Gita, cannot be a Yogi: He who fasts, he who keeps awake, he who sleeps much, he who works too much, he who does no work, none of these can be a Yogi (Gita, VI, 16).

A Yogi must avoid the two extremes of luxury and austerity. He must not fast, or torture his flesh. For, says the Gita, "He who fasts and he who eats too much, he who keeps awake and he who sleeps much, he who works too much and he who does no work, none of these can be Yogis.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.

Everyone should be his own physician. We ought to assist and not force nature. Eat with moderation what agrees with your constitution. Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can produce digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep. What will alleviate incurable ills? Patience.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

If Falstaff had stuck to martinis, he'd be with us today.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Nothing can be loved too much, but all things can be loved in the wrong way.

I've been so busy I haven't had a chance to go crazy. I don't party like I used to

If you take all your meals seriously, none of them gets a chance to matter.

To speak little is natural. Therefore a gale does not blow a whole morning nor does a downpour last a whole day.

I can only stand to sit in front of my computer for three or four hours a day. Otherwise it can get really soul-sucking.

Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.

I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.