The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

The world has crafted a beautiful balance of collective action – common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

A properly balanced story provides an equal representation of the negative and positive attributes of, I could say the world, but it’s actually a being. ‚Harry Potter“s a good example. So Harry’s the hero, right. But he’s tainted with evil. There’s a dark and a light in every bit of that narrative. It’s well balanced.

Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated. I wouldn’t want to put it on my business card.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

I guess you could say I devoted myself so strongly to my music that for awhile I forgot about my family. But I only get one set of parents, and I think I forgot about that for a little while.

Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

When I feel I’m doing too much, I do less if I can.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

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

The oppression of any people for opinion’s sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

Everything isn’t political.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

Children make your life important.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

Nature does nothing in vain.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

I like to talk about my obsession with french fries because I don’t want people to think that ‚Let’s Move‘ is about complete, utter deprivation. It’s about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families.

‚Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.

Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Perhaps when music has been shouting for so long, a quieter voice seems attractive.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Life is an unanswered question, but let’s still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

I live in Puerto Rico, my family lives in Puerto Rico, my friends. What happens in Puerto Rico matters to me.

Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.

Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we’re doing.

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.

I think sometimes the best training is to rest.

I have the habit of attention to such excess, that my senses get no rest – but suffer from a constant strain.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.

The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.

Become slower in your journey through life. Practice yoga and meditation if you suffer from ‚hurry sickness.‘ Become more introspective by visiting quiet places such as churches, museums, mountains and lakes. Give yourself permission to read at least one novel a month for pleasure.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

What I tell my kids is, ‚I’m preparing you for college and for life. So, having independence, knowing how to set your own boundaries, figuring out how to make that balance. We still have screen-time rules.‘

Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one’s own desires through which one listens.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.

Winning – that’s the most important to me. It’s as simple as that.

The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don’t have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

I don’t think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that’s where the problem is.