A. R. Rahman Quotes

You don't try to do more than you should.

This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

I think there's something to be said about pacing yourself.

I don't deny myself anything - I do whatever I want in the moment - but I feel like moderation is the thing that can really sustain you for the rest of your life.

I've always had that mindset of, 'OK, I may be hot this month or doing really well this month, but don't get too high, don't get too low - just enjoy it.' Don't ride the rollercoaster, basically. I always thought about it like, I'm not going to an amusement park, I'm going to a baseball field.

My life philosophy is that you need a boring private life if you want to have a more exciting public life.

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

Everybody knows I smoke, drink, and be up in the club, but I don't want that to be my entire thing. I want them to see me get up and go to the gym after a night of clubbing.

You try to live the experience but keep your feet on the ground, not let it go to your head, because that's when you start making mistakes.

I'm a bit of a perfectionist and sometimes need someone to tell me to stop.

A thoroughly good relationship with ourselves results in being still, which doesn't mean we don't run and jump and dance about. It means there's no compulsiveness. We don't overwork, overeat, oversmoke, overseduce. In short, we begin to stop causing harm.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there.

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far.

Do not make too much haste on one's road.

Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense.

Don't smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much or work too much. We're all on the road to the grave - but there's no need to be in the passing lane.

The most dangerous thing you can do is to take any one impulse of your own nature and set it up as the thing you ought to follow at all costs.

Be bold, but not too bold. Have courage, but not too much.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

Do nothing immoderate.