a wise passiveness abnegation abstinence calm calmness conservatism constraint contemplation contemplative life continence control cool dispassion do-nothing policy do-nothingism do-nothingness dormancy evenness gentleness golden mean happy medium idleness immobility impartiality inaction inactivity indolence inertia inertness irenicism judiciousness juste-milieu laissez-aller laissez-faire laissez-faireism lenity meden agan meditation middle way mildness moderateness moderation moderationism neutralism neutrality neutralness noninvolvement nonparticipation nonresistance nonviolence nonviolent resistance nothing in excess paralysis passive resistance passive self-annihilation passiveness passivism passivity peaceableness peaceful coexistence policy procrastination prudence quiescence quietism repose restraint self-abnegation self-control self-denial self-restraint serenity sobriety stability stagnancy stagnation standpattism stasis steadiness temperance temperateness tranquillity unexcessiveness unextravagance unextremeness unpugnaciousness vegetation via media vita contemplativa waiting game watching and waiting