Quotes About Balance

Rest, let your body relax and grow. Work up gradually and don't blow it. Sometimes you can do so much your mind gets sick of it. Remember what I said earlier: Keep your mind hungry. People have a tendency to overdo things at first and then sluff off.

You have to build the ultimate physical machine, but also the ultimate mind

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

Their diet is basically boiled vegetables, fish and rice. No fat, no sugar. You notice when you live there that there are no fat people.

Excessive happiness! I never knew there was such a disorder. I didn't know you could be too happy.

Althought it's important not to let the little irritations consume you, it's also important not to ignore them. Backing down when others are unfairly running over you, or giving up with a sigh, can ultimately cause more distress than the hassle did in the first place. So I make sure to deal with them.

From what we get, we can make a living. What we give; however, makes a life.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

ASSIOMA DI COLE La somma dell'intelligenza sulla Terra è costante; la popolazione è in aumento.

Satisfaction = what you have ÷ what you want

There are two pillars of happiness. . . . One is love. The other is finding a way of coping with life that does not push love away."[8] And

satisfaction is possible—just not with the old formulas. We need to toss out all that bad math and use this one equation instead, which incorporates the wisdom of Siddhartha and Thomas and the best modern social science: Satisfaction = What you have ÷ what you want Your satisfaction is what you have, divided by what you want.

Finally, obsessing over the future squanders the present.

One of the nastiest and most virulent addictions I have seen is workaholism

The rewards of that productivity give way to a fear of falling behind as an impetus to keep running. Soon enough, the work crowds out relationships and outside activities.

With little else, work is all that is left to the workaholic, reinforcing the cycle.

Work friendships are not a substitute for real friendships, although they can also be satisfying, if designed purposively.

Economists consistently find that our marginal productivity tanks with work hours beyond eight or ten per day.

There are two pillars of happiness. . . . One is love. The other is finding a way of coping with life that does not push love away."[8] And just for good measure, he quotes Virgil: "Omnia vincit amor": Love conquers all.

However, loneliest of all are those who are married but with an "absent spouse." (Workaholics, take note: your spouse is probably lonely—and suffering as a result.)

Wrapped up in their fear of falling behind, success-addicted workaholics—like all people controlled by their addictive behavior—leave little room in their lives for friends or family.

Rule 5. Tune out: Disconnect more from the unproductive debates.

Success addicts experience withdrawal as well.