Quotes about Moderation
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
— Wendell Berry
A computer can be a useful and indispensable tool. But if we allow it to devour our time with vain, unproductive, and sometimes destructive pursuits, it becomes an entangling net.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
— Hippocrates
Over the years, I've found that anger is necessary, but it must reach an equilibrium: You need just enough but never too much. If you don't let it in, you become hollow; but if you let it take over, you become its slave.
— Steven James
Intemperance. The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success.
— Napoleon Hill
Walk slowly, but not so slowly that you draw too much attention to yourself. This is a kind of invisible practice. Enjoy nature and your own serenity without making others uncomfortable or making a show of it.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.
— Calvin Coolidge
But I don't want more things than I need, either.
— Isabel Allende
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses, though he be not drunk.
— Epictetus
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
— Confucius
He has enough who is contented with little.
— Anonymous
More than enough is too much.
— Anonymous