Quotes About Balance

Money can't buy spirituality-and money can't make it go away. Cultivating

Am I embarrassed to speak for a less than perfect democracy? Not one bit. Find me a better one. Do I suppose there are societies which are free of sin? No, I don't. Do I think ours is, on balance, incomparably the most hopeful set of human relations the world has? Yes, I do.

Le temps de lire est toujours du temps volé. (Tout comme le temps d'écrire, d'ailleurs, ou le temps d'aimer)

Il tempo per leggere, come il tempo per amare, dilata il tempo per vivere. Se dovessimo considerare l'amore tenendo conto dei nostri impegni, chi ci si arrischierebbe? Chi ha tempo di essere innamorato? Eppure, si è mai visto un innamorato non avere tempo per amare?

Eravamo il suo narratore, siamo diventati il suo contabile. «Se è così, allora stasera niente tivù!» Eh! Sì... Sì... La televisione elevata alla dignità di ricompensa... E, come corollario, la lettura relegata al rango di courvé. È nostra, questa gran trovata...

Au fond, ce journal aura été un perpétuel exercice d'accommodation. Échapper au flou, maintenir le corps et l'esprit dans le même axe… J'ai passé ma vie à « faire le point ».

Non bisogna mai esagerare il male che si può fare agli altri. Meglio lasciare a loro questo piacere.

Vivir es pasarse el tiempo llenando los dos platos de la balanza

Niente televisione, ma pianoforte dalle cinque alle sei, chitarra dalle sei alle sette, danza il mercoledì, judo, tennis, scherma il sabato, sci di fondo ai primi fiocchi di neve, corso di vela ai primi raggi di sole, ceramica i giorni di pioggia, viaggio in Inghilterra, ginnastica ritmica... Nessunissima possibilità lasciata al più piccolo quarto d'ora di faccia a faccia con se stesso.

La première qualité d'un professeur, c'est le sommeil. Le bon professeur est celui qui se couche tôt

If you`re wondering how you`ll find time, it means you don`t really want to read. Because nobody`s ever got time. Children certainly haven`t, nor have teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way. <...> Time to read is always time stolen. <...> Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living."- p.125

Time to read is always time stolen. (Like time to write, for that matter, or time to love). Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living.

Elle les élevait en traçant dans l'espace des lignes invisibles qu'ils respectaient. Des enfants funambules.

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

The world doesn't belong to us, we belong to it. Always have, always will. We belong to the world. We belong to the community of life on this planet--it doesn't belong to us. We got confused about that, now it's time to set the record straight

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

El conocimiento es neutral, la tecnología no lo es.

As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or go out to dinner with someone, or talk to someone I love, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh.

In a chapter of the Internal Medicine Classic entitled 'The Oldest Truth', it is written: 'When one empties the mind and frees it of all desires, the genuine energy arises. If one maintains an undisturbed spirit within, no disease will occur.

The best rule to follow with fruits is 'Eat them alone, or leave them alone.

El Tao de cultivar la vida requiere que uno se mantenga tan fluido y flexible como pueda. No hay que permanecer quieto demasiado tiempo, y tampoco hay que agotarse

Los mismos alimentos capaces de desencadenar una reacción alérgica cuando están incorrectamente combinados muchas veces no producen ningún efecto nocivo cuando se consumen de acuerdo con las leyes de la trofología.

Sometimes it is better to give an opponent a small victory then suffer a devastating defeat yourself. Gabriel Allon