Quotes About Balance

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.

In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.

The problem was that whenever I considered "earning a living," I thought mostly about the "earning" and nothing about the "living.

Looking at our personal relationships can help us get our prayer life in order.

Detachment, freedom, and a sense of humor are signposts on the road to holiness.

Just because you've discerned doesn't mean that you shouldn't look to reality for some real-life confirmation. As one Jesuit said, "Trust your heart but use your head, too.

Good decisions mean a wholehearted yes to both the positives and negatives that come with any choice.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

I decided long ago that life's absurd. If you don't develop a sense of humor, it will drive you mad.

Sometimes, when we feel the greatest need to be alone, it's the moment we should most welcome the company of others.

Our moods,' she asked. 'Are they perhaps something like thrusts—rhapsodic ones—toward stasis: self-finale?

Music is the space between the notes as much as the notes themselves; it's defined as much by silence as by sound.

Upon the right constitution of checks all goodness of government depends.

lines and angles, flat and bland, raise these volumes and make them stand.

Keep an open mind, but no so open that your brains fall out

We cannot do whatever we please and remain lawyers or yogis-and yet we could not be either unless we pleased.

When I am healed I am restored to my center in a way that my freedom as a person is not compromised by my loss of functions.

Father of the Constitution," said: "The accumulation of all power – legislative, executive, and judiciary – in the same hands . . . may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.

Do we fulfill our obligations by being practical all the time?

If the moral senses can conflict with one another and with what prudent action requires under particular circumstances, then living a good life requires striking a delicate balance among those senses and between them and prudent self-interest.

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.