Quotes About Moderation

To lengthen your life, shorten your meals.

Feed sparingly and defy the physician.

Going to bed without dinner is better than waking up in debt.

Much meat, much disease.

One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Wu Wei, doing nothing, and Wu Bu Wei, doing everything, are our answers to the challenges of modern life.

A fair share of anything is starvation diet to an egomaniac.

A horse walks down the middle of the road. A human being, on the other hand, sticks to one extreme or the other.

Muutoksen ja toiston kaava on niin tiukasti yhteydessä tietynlaiseen harmoniaan elämässä, ja vapauden harjoittaminen on alisteista sille aivan kuin opinkappaleelle. Muutoksia täytyy annostella kohtuudella kuin vahvaa viiniä.

his whole life, as far as she could see, consisted of writerly sinecures and engagements, like a whole life of eating only desserts. She wasn't sure it was healthy.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

I can't do Twitter or Facebook, mostly because I feel like I'm the type of person who has to regiment the amount of time I spend doing certain things or I'll just wade in it, and then I'll never come out.

There's a time and a place for everything. There's a time to sleep, wake up, there's a time to be graceful, and there's a time to be aggressive.

I do one film at a time. I can't wake up early. I can't do too many films.

The most important factors for a long life, I think, are partly in the genes; number two is lifestyle, which includes healthy diet and regular exercise. I walk, run and swim every day. However, I think too much exercise is also unhealthy because of over-stress; sometimes people who exercise too many hours per day die early.

He who walks in the middle of the roads gets hit from both sides.

I think what balances me out more than anything is long walks and eating well.

Sometimes not playing music for a day is much more beneficial than playing every day for ten hours.

I cannot do more than two films at a time. I like to have a life besides films. That is very important to me.

Food is not your best friend or enemy.

If I don't have a bet or a drink today, then I've done well. And I can start again tomorrow.

I am a big believer in balance.