Energy-Moderation

Moderation has been created a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit. (La Rochefoucauld)

The great mind knows the power of gentleness; only tries force, because persuasion fails. (Robert Browning)

Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them. (Sir Thomas Browne)

Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. (George Santayana)

Extremism in the pursuit of the Presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. (Lyndon B Johnson)