Quotes About Balance

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Please all, and you will please none.

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.

You've got to be wise and take care of yourself and those around you.

Our bodies are truly the result of what we eat, what we think about, and the exercise we receive. If we are not wise, these little things can soon cause major health problems that will limit our success and ability to serve.

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.

Think of the universe as a benevolent parent. A child may want a tub of ice-cream and marshmallows, but a wise parent will give it fruits and vegetables instead. That is not what the child wants, but it is what the child needs.