golden mean Quotes

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but... ...

Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.

We praise someone who gets angry for the right reasons, at the right people, in the right way, at the right time, and for the right duration.

So it is clear that the search for what is just is a search for the mean; for the law is the mean.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions.... ...

Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that of the limited), while to succeed is possible only in one way (for which reason also one is... ...

Error is multiform (for evil is a form of the unlimited, as in the old Pythagorean imagery, and good of the limited), whereas success is possible in one way only (which is why it is easy to fail and difficult... ...

Courage is a balance between fear and confidence.