Quotes About Moderation

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

Drum lest mit Maß, doch lest genug, Dann wird's euch wohl ergehen. Bloß Bücher fressen macht nicht klug. Man muss sie auch verstehen.

una vida humana digna se tiene que centrar en el cultivo del carácter personal y en la preocupación por las demás personas (e incluso por la propia naturaleza), y que se disfruta más si se adopta un camino adecuado —pero no fanático— para distanciarse de los bienes puramente mundanos.

Actuar con moderación, ver las cosas no solo desde nuestra perspectiva, descubrir aquello que está fuera de nuestro control, desarrollar la empatía, asumir la autocrítica, analizar las causas de nuestra ira e impaciencia… Esto es lo que este extraordinario manual nos permite aprender al aplicar la filosofía estoica en nuestro día a día.

Lao Tsé: «Sólo con la moderación se puede estar preparado para afrontar los acontecimientos. Estar preparado para afrontar los acontecimientos es poseer una acrecentada reserva de virtud. Con una acrecentada reserva de virtud, nada hay que no se pueda superar; cuando todo se puede superar, nadie hay que conozca los límites de su fuerza.»

Refined grains (regular old spaghetti being an example), fatty meats (hard salami), sweets (blueberry pie), and fried foods (bacon) are not poisonous. They are foods that just happen to be less wholesome than some other foods. There

To enjoy life, we might have to stop thinking about what we will never be able to read and watch and say and do, and start to think of how to enjoy the world within our boundaries. To live on a human scale. To focus on the few things we can do, rather than the millions of things we can't. To not crave parallel lives. To find a smaller mathematics. To be a proud and singular one. An indivisible prime.

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything it is because we are dangerously near to wanting nothing.' —Sylvia Plath

Sip, don't gulp.

Everything we need is here, if we give up thinking we need everything.

Alcohol in the evening is very enjoyable. Hangovers in the morning are very unpleasant. At some point you have to choose: evenings or mornings.

The secret is to stretch yourself, but not so much that you break.

These people build as if they were immortal and eat as if they were to die instantly.

Sweets nourish and sedate in moderation, but prolonged overuse causes the cells to reject insulin and blood sugar, resulting in a depressed tissue state, i.e., type II diabetes

suffisance est l'apanage du sot

Abstain from luxuries, for those who live luxurious lives are no servants of God.' HADITH OF AHMAD IBN HANBAL.

It did not occur to Hitler, after his victories in the west, that it might be more difficult to overcome a brutalised society, inured to suffering, than democracies such as France and Britain, in which moderation and respect for human life were deemed virtues.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

An English gentleman is someone who knows exactly when to stop being one.

Passion ought to be tempered with restraint.

Self-preservation is as important as generosity. Because if you don't preserve yourself, keep enough for yourself, then of course you have nothing to give.

I haven't had anything to drink in so long, I figured it'd be best to have something I'd probably never want two of.

That's when I realized I had gotten too attached to the TV.

Always seek for balance in your life: If you stayed long in the darkness, walk long in the light; if you talked too much, stay silent for a good while; if you climbed the high mountains, hike long on the plains! Balance everything!