Quotes About Balance

To be afraid of sorrow is to be afraid of joy also.

Your heart is stronger than your head.

Syria's continued alliance with Iran became one of the main justifications of Western attempts to overthrow Assad. Tom Donilon, President Obama's national-security adviser, said in 2011 that the "end of the Assad regime would constitute Iran's greatest setback in the region yet—a strategic blow that will further shift the balance of power in the region against Iran."14

Only upon death does an organism reach equilibrium with its inanimate environment.

Ein glückliches und ein sinnerfülltes Dasein sind deckungsgleich.

The radical intelligence in the moderate position is the only place where the center holds. Or so it seems.

In other words, if someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance.

MAY 19 COMPASSION CAN BE roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is non-violent and non-harming, or non-aggressive. Because of this there is a danger of confusing compassion with attachment and intimacy.

IT SEEMS TO me that Western science and Eastern philosophy can join together to create a really complete and full-fledged human being. It is only in this way that man will emerge strengthened from his condition and become whole. What in fact interests me is what is beyond matter and awareness, what really is important and what makes us what we are.

He dominated her, but she tamed him

You can only have connection or perfection. You can't have both!

Slow is the new fast

people spend less time in the office and have more time to themselves. Their need to belong to a tribe can be satisfied with hobbies or in community activities and doesn't have to be met in the office.

Semco adds yet another dimension. You receive a voucher for work after your retirement. So if you took off a hundred Wednesday afternoons, you are now entitled to redeem the vouchers after your retirement by showing up with them and saying, "I'd now like to redeem my vouchers to work one Wednesday a week for two years and receive proportional pay." You've effectively exchanged early retirement for later work.

Managers aren't looking for ten- or twenty-year change programs—they want simple, objective goals: profit, growth, healthy quarterly reports, trained people, orderly markets, competitive advantage. Until these organizations face reality, give up the futile quest for control and begin to respect such concepts as workplace democracy, the need to question everything, and the search for a more balanced existence, even the most modest goals will be beyond reach.

Some say that the Black Rabbit hates us and wants our destruction. But the truth is—or so they taught me—that he, too, serves Lord Frith and does no more than his appointed task

A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness, could make this goodly earth an earthly paradise. – Richard Aldington

Let's begin with Level Flight. . . .

Yarat?c?l?kla dolu, bir ?eyleri sevdi?iniz hayat ayn? zamanda sa?l?kl?d?r. Sizi mutlu eden ?eyleri yapmak iyile?tirici ve koruyucudur.

If people just took it a day at a time, they'd be a lot happier.

Her hand had a lot of strength gained through the process of gentleness.

Describe your ideal job. Go into detail about how you would feel, what experiences you would have, and how you would be treated.

as you begin to eliminate your need for perfection in all areas of your life, you'll begin to discover the perfection in life itself

What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.