Moderation means prevention. Prevention means achieving much virtue.
Loving, hating, having expectations: all these are attachments. Attachment prevents the growth of one's true being.
Simple, like uncarved wood.
The one who does not honor the teacher and the one who does not honor the task, although ever so knowledgeable, they are confused.
The greatest revelation is stillness.
The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.