"If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please."

-- Epictetus

#Philosophical Quotes #Libertarian Quotes #Moderation Quotes

“As long as we are graceful, appreciative lodgers, the earth remains healthy and wondrous.”
“I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb by all those strange faces.”

Source : "It'll be alright on the night: how musicians cope with performance stress" by David Cox, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2015.
“He who loves not lives not.”
“Kurt [Cobain ]was a feminist. A lot of the bashing against Courtney [Love] I think has to deal with gender bias and the media, and I think that he liked that she was taking the attention off of him.”
“The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.”
“When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is a waste. And you the customer should not have to pay for the waste.”
“Get a scalpel, and practice just, say, cutting a piece of meat or something like that. You sort of learn how you want to hold your fingers, and that sort of thing, and try to become graceful when you operate.”

Source : "Denton A. Cooley, M.D. on Preparation". The Academy of Achievement Intreview, www.achievement.org. April 11, 1991.
“There are no regrets in life, just lessons.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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