Quotes about Moderation
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.
- William Hazlitt
I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.
- Christina Ricci
I could easily exist on less money, but I like the way I live now.
- Christina Ricci
Twopence a week, and jam every other day.
- Lewis Carroll
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