Quotes About Moderation

No one who cannot limit himself has ever been able to write.

Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk to much.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

How easy for those who do not bulge To not overindulge!

Self-discipline implies some unpleasant things to me, including staying away from chocolate and keeping my hands out of women's pants.

I don't collect anything.

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt: It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

Man wants but little here below,Nor wants that little long.

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt: It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

Selagi peradaban berkembang, begitu pula nafsu. Api akan membesar terus dan menyebabkan berbagai malapetaka. Pada akhirnya seluruh dunia akan binasa. Jika manusia ingin selamat, api harus dipadamkan. Itu berarti meredam nafsu dan hidup wajar.

Hay que ser héroe o santo. En el término medio no está la sabiduría, sino la vulgaridad

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!

A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

Animalism," forsooth!—a more unfair word don't exist. When we animals never drink except just enough to satisfy thirst, never eat except when wo have genuine appetites, never indulge in any sort of debauch, and never strain excess till we sink into the slough of satiety, shall "animalism" be a word to designate all that men and women dare to do? "Animalism!" you ought to blush for such a libel on our innocent and reasonable lives when you regard your own

You will be safest in the middle.

In moderation, goals and other external motivators are powerful, but when they become the exclusive drives to do anything, it's overwhelming.

If you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat — in other words, turn you into an adult.

Work hard, think hard, be honest, and spend little - this will "make common gold".

Tutkijoiden mukaan paras tapa laihtua ja olla lihomatta on tarkkailla itseään huolellisesti - pitämällä esimerkiksi ruokapäiväkirjaa ja punnitsemalla itsensä päivittäin. On myös todettu, että ihmisellä on enemmän tahdonvoimaa, kun hän ei täysin kiellä itseltään tiettyjä ruokia vaan päättää syödä niitä myöhemmin (kuten ilmeisesti viikonloppuna).

You, don't hook everywhere. ?#?iampm?

One who lives within reason lives without the spirit

The universe doesn't know good or bad, only less or more.