Even Keel

'If thou rest thy peace on any person because of the opinion which thou hast of him, or on account of the intimate acquaintance with him, thou shalt ever be in an insecure and an entangled condition.

..Man approacheth so much the nearer unto God, the further off he departeth from all earthly consolation.

..When thou lookest to the creatures, the Creator is withdrawn from thee. Learn in all things to overcome thyself, for the love of thy Creator, and then shalt thou be able to attain to divine knowledge'.

--Thomas A Kempis