Quotes About Moderation

Extremism is the root of all conflict, those who wish to be at peace, follow the middle path of compassion and love for all.

The other side of... pain is joy... control is freedom... sadness is happiness... chaos is calmness... individuality is community... hate is Love... Seek out balance whenever you can...

Dont sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much theres nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health." Jefferson

The spider's lesson is never to be greedy. It shows that objects of necessity can be objects of beauty and art as well. The spider teaches us that we can be too easily enraptured with ourselves.

The one who knows when to stop, is free from the dangers of desire, and lives a long and happy life.

I used a light hand with my makeup because I wanted to look good without looking like a good time.

Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor?

i dont live to eat i eat to live

Thou fastest every day," said the Prophet, "and keepest vigil every night in prayer." "Yea, that indeed I do," said 'Uthrnan, for he had heard him speak again and again of the merits of fasting and of night prayer. "Do not so," said the Prophet, "for verily thine eyes have their rights over thee, and thy body hath its rights, and thy family have their rights, So pray, and sleep, and fast, and break fast."!

Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side and it tumbles over on the other.

you have quite dampened by spirit and eagerness, and left me exhausted before I could strike a blow. There are two reasons for this: first, your cleverness in treating the subject with such remarkable and consistent moderation as to make it impossible for me to be angry with you; and secondly, the luck or chance or fate by which you say nothing on this important subject that has not been said before.

Where the happy medium cannot be attained, it is better and safer to fall short on this side than on that; that is, too much mercy is better than too much punishment. One can withdraw and reduce too much mercy; but punishment cannot be taken back, especially where it touches body, life, or limb.

The Negro's great stumbling block is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice,… who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet

Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.

Love is like wine. To sip is fine, but to empty the bottle is a headache.

Wanting less is probably a better blessing than having more.

The art of Good Eating has two essential points: one must eat only when one is hungry, and one must take small bites.

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.

Apollo, who understands all mysteries, says also, "Nothing too much." He is knowledge, Theseus; but She is what he knows.

Let the hand of discretion cover the wise mouth.