Quotes About Balance

When God, the great mathematician, discovered that in making man he had overdone things a bit, he created the bedbug to even things out. Soon

Grandmother had wanted the peepul tree cut down, but Grandfather had said, 'Let it be. We can always build another outhouse.

birds, and insects.

When God, the Great Mathematician, discovered that in making man he had overdone things a bit, he created the bedbug to even things out.

Animals have simple needs, and all they want is to be left alone. We are the interlopers.

There is skill in all things, even in making porridge. Dry bread at home is better than curried prawns abroad. Eating and drinking should not keep men from thinking. Better a small fish than an empty dish. Let not your tongue cut your throat. I

Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.

On books and friends I spend my money; For stones and bricks I haven't any.

I am still on my zigzag way, pursuing the diagonal between reason and heart.

live close to nature and you'll never feel lonely. Don't drive those sparrows out of your veranda; they won't hack into your computer.

The tension between enabling and constraining democracy is therefore the heart of democratic constitutionalism.

Destiny is not to be trifled with. Do not commit the tragic error of satisfying present appetite at the cost of future fulfilment

Power can be restrained only by counterbalancing power, Montesquieu reasoned. No man, and no political body or office, ought to possess unchecked power. For the sake of personal liberty and free community, power ought to be divided and hedged. Might this slow the actions of the state? Well, be it so, Montesquieu thought: freedom is better than haste.

When a society is advancing in some respects, usually it is declining in others.

To begin with unlimited freedom," Dostoevsky wrote, "is to end with unlimited despotism.

There are three types of parents—first, those who are always fussing after their children, controlling and correcting them and trying to make them walk in the same paths as themselves; then the infinitely preferable variety, who neglect their children altogether; and lastly, the ideal kind, who watch their children from a distance and are ready with encouragement and friendship when that is needed. (Viola, p. 35)

A balance must be established between these two worlds, the one inside us and the one outside us. As the result of a constant reciprocal process, both these worlds come to form a single one. And it is this world that we must communicate.

So how, in an increasingly interconnected world, do we integrate and still keep our values?

when you become more mindful of what you put in your body every day, that mindfulness will seep into everything you do. Instead of sleepwalking through your life, you'll be more adept at living in the present moment. And the present, as I like to say, is the only place where good things can happen to you in life.

Our bodies are designed to remain in balance, and when they go out of balance, a natural mechanism has been interfered with." —DEEPAK CHOPRA Not

After my first experience via yoga, I became incredibly focused on experiencing that sense of stillness again. The stillness that reminded me that I could be a better person, a better friend, a better citizen of the world, as well as a better businessman.

Without stillness, life is a blur.

When we become more aware of how powerfully our choices in diet and lifestyle affect us—for better and for worse—then we can make different ones." —DR. DEAN ORNISH Sorry

Better bread with water than cake with trouble.