Quotes About Balance

for that which goes beyond moderation is folly and Sin.

Antes de que cese el trueno, cae la lluvia.»

For the proverb says, 'He who embraces too much, retains too little.' And Cato says, 'Assay to do only such a thing as you have the power to do, lest the burdensome charge oppress you so sorely that it behooves you to abandon the task you have begun.

I have never taken sides, never leaped wholeheartedly into one scale or the other; nor do I realize disappointments, provided they are severe, until the occasion is long past. Yet I am ruled by my emotions, though I murder them at birth.

Müdigkeit spürte er keine, nur war es ihm manchmal unangenehm, dass er nicht auf dem Kopf gehen konnte.

A disharmonious mind is disturbing in itself, but sooner or later it also causes physical problems.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active. That is why it is necessary to happiness that one should be tired.

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.

If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

The man or woman who feels strong enough for two, seeks for every other quality in a partner than strength.

why is it that the people who know how to enjoy themselves never have any money and the people who have money never know how to enjoy themselves?

One turns the cheek: the other kisses it. One provides the cash: the other spends it.

The Word of God does not say that we can't be wealthy or have cash; it only says we cannot allow the pursuit of money to become a priority over serving God.

Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people's stuff.

You wouldn't know it, from some of the things I've said over the years, but I like people... I do... I like people, but I like them in short bursts. I don't like people for extended periods of time. I'm all right with them for a little while, but once you get past around a minute, minute-and-a-half, I gotta get the f*** outta there.

What do dogs do on their day off?; Can't lie around – that's their job!

Unbelievably, a goldfish can kill a gorilla. However, it does require a substantial element of surprise.

Life is a zero sum game.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much. We have multiplied out possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living but not a life. We've added years to life, not life to years.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much. We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We've learned how to make a living but not a life. We've added years to life, not life to years.