Pope Francis: In a world that highlights excesses, temperance puts order in the heart

Along these lines, he highlighted that “everything, in fact, in our world pushes towards excess” and stated that, on the other hand, “temperance goes well with evangelical attitudes such as smallness, discretion, dissimulation, meekness.”

“He who is temperate appreciates the esteem of others, but does not make it the only criterion for every action and every word. He is sensitive, he knows how to cry and is not ashamed of it, but he does not cry over himself. Defeated, he rises; Victorious, he is able to return to his old hidden life as always. He does not seek applause, but he knows that he needs others.”

Pope Francis assured that “it is not true that temperance makes us gray and joyless. On the contrary, it makes one better enjoy the goods of life.”