Quotes About Balance

human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.

Para aproximarse a la perfección, un hombre debería conservar siempre la calma y la tranquilidad del espíritu sin permitir jamás que ésta fuera turbada por una pasión o un deseo momentáneo.

Harmony was the soul of our companionship, and the diversity and contrast that subsisted in our characters drew us nearer together.

En fulländad människa bör alltid bevara ett lugnt och fridsamt sinne, och aldrig låta en passion eller en övergående önskning störa hans lugn

Si el estudio al que nos dedicamos tiende a debilitar nuestros afectos y a destruir nuestro gusto por los placeres sencillos en los que no puede haber mezcla ninguna, entonces ese estudio es indefectiblemente malo y en modo alguno conveniente para la mente humana.

I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy one, I will indulge in the other.

Thinking and planning is one side of life; doing is another. A man cannot be doing all the time.

When you let excitement in, Johnny would add, in a lecture-room sort of voice, fear will follow.

Everybody needs a–a centre. Somewhere to go out from and come back to. And I suppose as you get older you enjoy the coming back more than the going out.

intended to reason. This passion is detrimental to me; for you do not reflect that you are the cause of its excess.

to render their seeming eccentricities consistent forever.

i que és molt més feliç aquell home per al qual el poble natal és el món sencer que no pas aquell que vol esdevenir més gran del que la seva natura li permet.

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.

Si el estudio al cual uno se entrega tiene una tendencia a debilitar los afectos y a destruir el gusto que se tiene por esos sencillos placeres en los cuales nada debe interferir, entonces esa disciplina es con toda seguridad perjudicial, es decir, impropia de la mente humana.

always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity. I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule. If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind.

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity. I do not think that the pursuit of knowledge is an exception to this rule.

If the study to which you apply yourself has a tendency to weaken your affections, and to destroy your taste for those simple pleasures in which no alloy can possibly mix, then that study is certainly unlawful, that is to say, not befitting the human mind

Un ésser humà perfecte hauria de conservar sempre la ment en calma i en pau, i no permetre's mai que la passió o un desig transitori li destorbin la tranquil·litat. No crec pas que la persecució del saber sigui cap excepció a aquesta regla.

If you're in doubt choosing between two actions, remember this is an example of free will, and if you later regret your choice, it may nevertheless steer you in the right direction.

if you've eaten your fill since childhood, you've plenty of time to think of love and nothing else.

If one gives little, one receives little. If one gives much, one receives much.

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

Food and medicine are not two different things: the are the front and back of one body.

Food and medicine are not two different things: they are the front and back of one body. Chemically grown vegetables may be eaten for food, but they cannot be used as medicine.