Quotes About Balance

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

philosophy of art usually lacks one of two things: either the philosophy or the art

Architecture in general is frozen music.

The Earth has a skin and that skin has diseases, one of those diseases is man.

Fitness = workout + recovery

Quand on parle de civilisations, on fait volontiers valoir tels aspects fragmentaires, soit en bien soit en mal : on oublie que la civilisation chinoise n'est pas la déformation des pieds des femmes, et qu'un hôpital ou une route n'est pas une civilisation. Une civilisation est un monde, c'est-à-dire une totalité faite de compensations. Il n'y a pas d'organisme complexe sans quelques maux; la nature est là pour le prouver.

You can work long, hard, and smart, but at Amazon.com you can pick only two out of three.

You can work long, you can work hard, you can work smart, but at Amazon you can't choose two out of three.

Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness...

Faith keeps you going, but doubt keeps you from going off the deep end.

Transcending emotions doesn't mean you have no feelings. You have them. But you recognize them for what they are and respond appropriately without letting them develop into what we call emotions, which are really just feelings that have been blown way out of proportion. A

When you're so committed to the future, it's real easy to let your life right now turn to shit.

even our mistakes are part of the perfection of the universe.

Buddhism doesn't ask us to deny our natural desires. But it does ask us to regulate how we respond to them.

A quiet room is best for zazen. We shouldn't eat or drink too much, or too little. Put aside everything else. Don't think of good or bad. Don't judge your practice. Stop ruminating and deliberating about stuff. Don't try to become a Buddha.

I prefer to see myself as the Janus, the two-faced god who is half Pollyanna and half Cassandra, warning of the future and perhaps living too much in the past--a combination of both.

Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.

Don't prioritize wealth over health, the two go hand in hand.

Fitness is the only therapy you need.

Healthy habits lead to a healthier life, and a healthier life leads to success.

Master your emotions.