Quotes About Balance

Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.

Contradiction was something I really like when it is embraced in that kind of philosophy.

My philosophy is 'learn while you live.' 'LazyTown' is about balance. I'm not there yet.

Parent hard, play hard. That's my philosophy.

As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

I make music that I know that people will enjoy, and balance the ideas and philosophy that we put in music with music that when we play it live, people can move to it and groove to it.

The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.

I start the day just with the family. I don't check emails until my commute, and I make sure my phone isn't close to me until I'm out the door.

I try to talk on the phone as little as possible.

I would love for my phone to scream if I am about to miss an important thing in my life and never bother me if I'm doing something very important and the information coming in is less important than what I'm doing.

My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.

I put my phone on 'do not disturb' a lot.

What I have now are good problems of trying to decide and what I really want to do is good work next. My phone's ringing a lot more and I've got nine lines so when it doesn't ring, it's very frustrating.

When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter.

I could give up my phone any day. I don't need it.

I drive with my knees. Otherwise, how can I put on my lipstick and talk on my phone?

It's impossible. You try to have any kind of relationship with your family, with a man, or with a friend, and you have to be on the phone and the Internet the entire time.

It's really annoying when you're trying to get to know someone and she doesn't pay attention to you because she's obsessed with her phone.

The phone's not ringing off the hook, but that's ok by me. I feel very fortunate, work to me has become a kind of hobby.

What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and don't have my phone with me. I'll go sit in a cafe and read and handwrite in my notebook and not be facing a screen. My head will be clear. I will be able to hear myself think. Because honestly for the rest of the day it's just screens, screens, screens.

A lot of times, I put my own personal health to the side, focusing on work or family or getting ahead. At the end of the day, you're just exhausted on your couch and haven't made that doctor's appointment, didn't make that phone call, and feel terrible.

My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm filming.

We take better care of our smartphones than we do of ourselves - the phones are always recharged!