Quotes About Moderation

Balance is the secret of reaching the far places!

Do not exaggerate to stay lonely! Do not exaggerate to stay in the crowds! Come and go, from one to another! Spend not long time in either of them!

Do not underrate others, do not underrate yourself, and do not underrate anything! Do not overrate others, do not overrate yourself, and do not overrate anything!

Love is exaggerated affection; affection is unexaggerated love! Always be sober in everything!

The best advice I've ever heard about anything is this: Don't exaggerate! When you work hard, when you sleep long, when you love much, when you are very sad, always remember this advice: Don't exaggerate!

We can't live life perfectly fully, because we sleep eight hours a day! We can live life only partly fully!

You can't go around feeling too much.

The Greek poets had praised virtue as taking several specific forms: wisdom; courage; moderation; justice; and piety.

Old G.K. knew when to fast and when to down a good ale. It's the timing. It's all in the timing. [On G.K. Chesterton]

Those with less become content," says the Tao, "those with more become confused." The

More than two thousand years ago, Hippocrates said, "If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

As a high-calorie-density food, the admonition to "eat sparingly" still applies, but that's all one may need. While the optimum benefits of fruits and vegetables may require cups a day, nuts appear so potent that the mortality benefits may be had for mere ounces a week. FOOD

Your body has a remarkable ability to recover from sporadic insults as long as you're not habitually poking it with a fork.

The problem with all-or-nothing thinking is that it keeps people from even taking the first steps. The thought of never having pepperoni pizza again somehow turns into an excuse to keep ordering it every week. Why not scale it down to once a month or reserve it for special occasions? We can not let "perfect" be the enemy of the good. It's really the day-to-day stuff that matters most. What you eat on special occasions is insignificant compared to what you eat day in and day out.

drink only enough to satisfy your thirst. Appropriate here is Tim Noakes' conclusion in his book Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports (page 353): "Your body will tell you what it needs if you just listen.

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

Peace is found neither in hot blood nor in cold sweat," Nova said.

If I slept with everyone I was supposed to have, I wouldn't have the energy to eat.

If left to my own devices, though, I'd also eat Ben & Jerry's brownie batter ice cream until I weighed six hundred pounds, but somehow I manage to stop myself when my pants start to get a little tight around the middle. But to each his own. And if you're going to do something that might piss off your partner, you might as well have science on your side.

The Koran calls upon all Muslims to convert or conquer unbelievers. For those who take the Koran seriously, there is no room for moderation or tolerance.

We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed.

The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance.

That's because I've learned how to use it [smile], Woserit said. I don't pass it out like an old woman giving free milk to the village cats. It's something that must be controlled, and for you especially. You use it on anyone. You must learn to be more judicious.

You gotta take it easy some time,