Quotes about Moderation

Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease, when the mind is obsessed with it.

Ain't one limb enough?

It's very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

That is true plenty, not to have, but not to want riches.

Our problem with desire is that we want too little.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

It is not greedy to enjoy a good dinner, any more than it is to enjoy a good concert. But I do think there is something greedy about trying to enjoy the dinner and the concert at the same time.

Innocent pleasures in moderation can provide relaxation for the body and mind and can foster family and other relationships. But pleasure, per se, offers no deep, lasting satisfaction or sense of fulfillment. The pleasure-centered person, too soon bored with each succeeding level of "fun," constantly cries for more and more.

Too much focus on PC is like a person who runs three or four hours a day, bragging about the extra ten years of life it creates, unaware he's spending them running.

Next to love, balance is the most important thing.

Love ice cream. I let myself have that about once a week. Vanilla.