The intellectually lazy, ignorant and/or arrogant find solace in the extreme.    Balance requires action, thought, humility and often sacrifice of self.

 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."  Isa 1:18

 "Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me."  Mr 10:21