Quotes about Excess

The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts.

Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.

For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.

Greed for the things money can buy ("natural wealth") is a bad thing, but it is finite. You can only enjoy a finite amount of food or drink, houses or cars, or even sex. But greed for money ("artificial wealth") is infinite. You can always want more. It's like a drug: you have to have higher and higher doses of it to give you the same "buzz" you used to get from little bits of it. And this never stops. It is Hell's false infinite.

desire will be at rest, not only our desire for God but all our desires; so that the joy of the blessed is full to perfection—indeed, over-full, since they will obtain more than they were capable of desiring

Eating in excess is a sin.

On the surface it appears that all we're talking about is food and the amount we consume. In reality, there is a more serious issue at the root of gluttony. Overstuffing ourselves with food or drinking until we get drunk or

Two words that characterize misplaced worship or lust are secret excess.

Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss.

Indigence and indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness.

Undergraduate life on college campuses tends in the direction of neopagan excess.

There's not a Hand in this town, sir, man, woman, or child, but has one ultimate object in life. That object is, to be fed on turtle soup and venison with a gold spoon. Now, they're not a-going—none of 'em—ever to be fed on turtle soup and venison with a gold spoon.