Quotes About Balance

Kahlil Gibran's wise advice: "Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

I've read Khalil Gibran and taken his advice to heart," McGill said. "'Let there be spaces in your togetherness?'" "Exactly.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything.

Order is to arrangement what the soul is to the body, and what mind is to matter.

Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty

Life is like that, don't you think? Mostly bad choices. All you can do is keep your balance between them.

Heureux sont les hommes qui rencontrent soudain, dans la révélation d'un métier, l'assouvissement de leurs désirs jusque là incertains et la règle pour laquelle ils sont faits. Plus heureux encore ceux qui, riches de passions contradictoires, trouvent dans ce métier leur propre clef, la solution de leur être intérieur et le point d'équilibre entre les tendances qui les déchirent !

The balance between excitatory and inhibitory inputs to a neuron determines whether it will fire.

In the end, wisdom is born of weakness as well as strength.

A humble person rarely stumbles, the old ones say, because such a person walks with face toward the Earth and can see the path ahead. On the other hand, the arrogant man who walks with his head high to bask in the glory of the moment will stumble often because he is more concerned with the moment than what lays ahead.

Never get too much emotionally attached with. You will find it difficult to detach in future.

The first thing to remember is the dual nature of your mind. The subconscious mind is constantly amenable to the power of suggestion; furthermore the subconscious mind has complete control of the functions, conditions, and sensations of your body. Trust the subconscious mind to heal you. It made your body, and it knows all of its processes and functions. It knows much more than your conscious mind about healing and restoring you to perfect balance.

have come to see that neutrality is the most extremist stance of all; without it, no tyranny can flourish.

When it isn't equal between two people, the one who cares less never sees the best of the one who cares more...

He may be president, but he still comes home and swipes my socks.

Work is living for me. The point is whether we live in our work.

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.

the term "play" as we use it here, embraces every possible form of PLEASURABLE LIVING.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

God had bestowed fertility on his loins, equanimity on his heart and poverty on his hands.

But the policeman radiates the calm and ease of a traffic light;

Sometimes the district captain swung his cane slightly; it hinted at an exuberance that knows where to stop.

Only the small things in life are important