Quotes About Moderation

I'm not terribly ambitious, not terribly driven.

Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.

The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims.

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well. In moderation wine is good for you - mentally physically and spiritually.

As usual the truth lies midway between these two extremes.

One of the main lessons of bioelectromagnetism so far is that less is often more.

Don't smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much or work too much. We're all on the road to the grave–but there's no need to be in the passing lane.

Decadence begins with the loss of restraint.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

In fact, I love all repose and all that reposes, all thrift and moderation, and am in my inmost self, unfriendly toward any haste and agitation.

When you're feeling either very good or very bad about yourself, it probably means that a large body of evidence is being hidden from view. The most truthful times come between the extremes.

God gave us all a penis and a brain, but only enough blood to run one at a time.

When you don't have much, having less isn't so bad.

When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effects when taken in too large quantities.

The acceptance of our present condition is the only form of extremism which discredits us before our children.

No wine, she said. It leads to cheese.

Nothing is as good as it seems, and nothing is as bad as it seems. Somewhere in between lies realty.

The beginning and end of all things is the lack of moderation! It started when men played fast and loose with their sense of proportion! With foreign exaggerations! When moderation's gone, power goes with it! It was inevitable! Is then everyone doomed? Why not? All of us? Definitely! Going to the dogs? No, running! A mad stampede!

to fight communism or a Communist to change capitalism…in fact, it's vastly less convincing. It's an over-reaction born of weakness. The strong, those who don't need to be told who they are by others, stand in the middle." Outside the cold wind moaned, and even as he talked he was wondering about that fire. Was it built for them? Or

Slow down, you'll have a more harmonious outcome

the sweetness of self-denial and self-control

Don't you think, dear, that as these girls are used to such things, and the best we can do will be nothing new, that some simpler plan would be pleasanter to them, as a change if nothing more, and much better for us than buying or borrowing what we don't need, and attempting a style not in keeping with our circumstances?