“All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ['ifraat,' or doing something to excess] and conservatism ['tafreet,' or doing something insufficiently]. So in that sense, we are all moderates - taking the middle path.” TwoPathMiddleTwo ThingsExcessModeratesConservatismExtremismMiddle Path Author:Mohammed Omar
“Between the monster and the fool there are many people who walk the middle path with a dog at their heels, their lives enriched by giving the dog a dog's life.” PeopleGivingWalksPathMiddleDogFoolMonstersHeelsMiddle Path Book:One man and his dogs Source: One man and his dogs
“However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.” MenMayEvilForgetVirtuePathMiddleMoralityConsequenceExtremesBeneficialImmoralityTwo ExtremesMiddle Path Book:The Limits of State Action Source: The Limits of State Action
“Our western mind lacking all culture in this respect, has never yet devised a concept, not even a name for "the union of opposites through the middle path", that most fundamental item of inward experience which could respectably be set against the Chinese concept of Tao.” MindCultureNamesPathMiddleConceptsOppositesFundamentalsUnionsWesternChineseInwardLackingTaoItemsMiddle Path Book:Two Essays on Analytical Psychology Source: Two Essays on Analytical Psychology
“There is no comfortable middle path where we get to provide a rational justification for our basic moral, religious and common sense beliefs.” BeliefReligiousCommonMoralPathMiddleComfortableCommon SenseRationalJustificationMiddle Path Author:Frederick C. Beiser