Yoga Sutras of Patanjali · 1.22

मृदुमध्याधिमात्रत्वात्ततोऽपि विशेषः ॥२२॥

mṛdumadhyādhimātratvāttato 'pi viśeṣaḥ

Even among the intensely urgent, there are gradations — mild, middling, ardent.

— Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1.22

Source: Sanskrit attributed to Patanjali (c. 2nd century BCE – 4th century CE). Public-domain English readings drawn from Swami Vivekananda's 'Raja Yoga' (1896) and Charles Johnston's 'The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' (1912).