Quotes about Moderation

There is no golden mean between these two extremes; either this early life must become low in our estimation, or it will have our inordinate love.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

Every virtue that reaches the exaggeration, is becoming a defect

John Calvin wrote, "The evil in our desire typically does not lie in what we want, but in that we want it too much.

I'm not for the left wing or the right wing--I'm for the whole bird.

There is legitimate pleasure, which is not wrong, but we are not to become so preoccupied with its activities that it takes the place of God.

A little wine sometimes, that's all. Spirits are bad. Alcohol wrong. Herb does grow.

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

So if you can manage it, you shouldn't touch your partner, except for the sake of having children.