Lao Tzu Quotes

There is moderation in everything.

Moderation shifts when extremes do.

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.

Perfect reason avoids all extremes.

I really have always thought of myself as somebody who lives in the middle of the wheel and is able to go to the extreme, to the outside of the wheel in any direction. The best case scenario for me is to be able to be centered and then go out.

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.

There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.

A balanced and skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting one's everyday existence.

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

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

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two.

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

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

I think that anything in life is about the middle ground.

I've always been about the balance - not sacrificing one thing for the other and not being an extremist.

Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.

Practice moderation in all things except love.

Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

In everything, it is no easy task to find the middle.

I once heard someone say that the concept of moderation seems a little extreme, and tonight...I agree.