Quotes About Balance

Society between equals can only exist on the understanding that the interests of all are to be regarded equally.

He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side; if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion.

A world from which solitude is extirpated, is a very poor ideal.

to secure as much of the advantages of centralised power and intelligence, as can be had without turning into governmental channels too great a proportion of the general activity, is one of the most difficult and complicated questions in the art of government.

There is not the same willingness to admit that our desires and should be our own likewise, or that to possess impulses of our own, and of any strength, is anything but a peril and a snare. Yet desires and impulses are as much a part of a perfect human being as beliefs and restraints; and strong impulses are only perilous when not properly balanced.

where to place the limit—how to make the fitting adjustment between individual independence and social control—is a subject on which nearly everything remains to be done.

He was managing everything by himself and being pulled in too many directions.

John Hay points to our our history of getting lost in suffering when, "so close together were pain and antidote.

Henry Adams observes that John Hay has the ability to take the world as a whole rather than pulling it to pieces in criticism. He also observes that, in the routine of a stressful job, this perspective is challenged

Their working arrangement was the ideal professional relationship, one with the qualities of yin and yang. Shreve's proclivities were organizational—his was the genius that solved the operational and administrative problems that had the Empire State Building completed in one year. Lamb's proclivities rested more naturally in the design field. Each assumed responsibility in his chosen field, but neither abdicated responsibility in the other.

nüfusu "idare edilebilir" k?lmay? amaç edinmiÅŸ bir eÄŸitim sistemi.

Copernicus took us out of the centre of the solar system; we now need to take ourselves out of the centre of the biosphere."52

Thank haven, literally, for the moon," says the economist Susan George. "If it weren't there, supplying the gravity to slow down the earth's rotation, our days would last only about four hours, with constant gale-force winds. Nature doesn't work on the principle that faster is better". Industrial society, unfortunately, does work on that principle. As a consequence, it weighs heavily upon nature.

1, and preferably a little higher. So we'll suggest a guideline that we've taken to calling the Rule of Four: It takes four good things to overcome one bad thing. We offer this as a rough gauge. We're not claiming to have discovered a universal constant like the speed of light or Avogadro's number. It's a rule of thumb, not a law of nature. It doesn't apply to

The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solicitude is the enemy of well-being.

At what point does the brown cloud over an industrial city become a problem as opposed to a sky-high banner proclaiming good times? When does the ration of clear-cuts and Christmas tree farms to healthy, intact forest begin to cause aesthetic and moral discomfort, or real environmental damage?

Bill, in free-fall, it doesn't matter who's on top.

Her mother had fun ideas on how to raise a young lady, and they included handguns and karate as well as dancing and voice lessons.

Prudence" is practical wisdom or good sense.

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."1 —JAMES MADISON

Too many people just eat to consume calories. Try dining for a change.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

People who cannot find time for recreation are sooner or later to find time for illness.