Quotes About Balance

As the eighth-century Chinese Zen master Sen-ts'an wrote: The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose; Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart; If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between "for" and "against" is the mind's worst disease.

We planned for betrayal. They planned for deceit. No one ever thought to plan for harmony.

In matters of healing, the body initiates and the mind follows.

Literally and figuratively. Balance is important to you

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Childhood does not exist to serve the national economy. In a healthy nation, it should be the other way around.

I'm tightly wound. I'm a loose cannon. Both - I'm a tightly wound loose cannon, a tight loose.

All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure with evil. -SOPHOCLES

Three things," I told her. "First, there's no such thing as too much coffee. Second, caffeine has nothing to do with my jitters. And third, there's no such thing as too much coffee.

Your phone is not your problem. The problem is when we let our phone captivate us so significantly with the unimportant that we ignore the important all around us.

Here's an important principle to keep in mind: Every leader should serve, but not everyone who serves can lead.

speed without having to burn any more gas. The downside of this

Deeper satisfaction comes not from feeling good, he taught, but from doing good: from cultivating and maintaining virtuous habits that balance one's own life and create and deepen ties with others.

I have begun looking for sources of joy elsewhere, and dialing back my career's presence in my mind.

It's easy to lose sight of your own goals when the universe's goals can be so demanding.

I think there must be more to life than answering emails at midnight and five in the morning.

I was beginning to understand that the best kinds of freedom involved choosing your constraints wisely, and claiming them as your own.

True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

The home God makes for humanity is counterbalanced by the home humanity makes for God.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.

I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things.

Don't lean in so much," Lockwood advised. "You were a bit off balance there. Try holding your arm forward a little more. Like this.…" He turned my wrist, and altered my stance by gently adjusting the position of my waist. "See? Is that better?" "Yes.