Zhuangzi Quotes

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

Everything in moderation, and there's a perfect balance in this life if we can find it.

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

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

You must be wise, but not too wise.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

Moderation is the secret of survival.

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

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

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

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

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

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

We're about moderation.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.

Do not prove things too much.