Lao Tzu Quotes

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

Do not prove things too much.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

Everything depends on knowing how much,” she said, and “Good is knowing when to stop.

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

The sage avoids extremity, excess, and extravagance.

Too much of anything, even a good thing, may prove to be our undoing...[We] need ...to set definite boundaries on our appetites.

Less is more only when more is too much.

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

I think I invented the phrase 'Don't overdo it.'

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Imagination, the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much.

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

Less is only more where more is no good.

If something is good, more is not necessarily better. Not always.

I never fry a doughnut! If you want a doughnut, go and buy one once in a blue moon. It's about everything in moderation.

You can't ever get too high or too low.

I'm always trying to not spread myself too thin.

Sometimes it's good to know there are limits.

If you only use rich and luxurious ingredients, you end up with excess.