Robert S. Bennett Quotes

Let's keep calm about this Don't overplay the story.

I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

You will go most safely in the middle.

Panic is never productive.

You want to stay even-keel. When you get too high, when you get too low, that's when things tend to go wrong.

This is important! But you have to stay absolutely cool. I may be completely off-base, and panicking prematurely." "I don't think so. I think you're panicking post-maturely. In fact, if you were panicking any later it would be practically posthumously. I've been panicking for days.

The right way usually lies between two extremes: it is the narrow channel between the rock and the whirlpool.

Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

Balance is good, because one extreme or the other leads to misery, and I've spent a lot of my life at one of those extremes.

I don't like to be crazy on different levels all of the time.

New diseases like SARS and bird flu cause anxiety in the community. People get worried, some to the extent that it even affects their health. You feel very sad, and yet you must carry on and maintain your cool in very trying and difficult moments. You have to tough it out.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

In politics the middle way is none at all.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center.

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Everything in life... has to have balance.

The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.

Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.

I try to keep an even keel.

I'm not an extremist, you know.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.