Quotes About Balance

I am convinced that a calm, quiet and harmonious interior can be as beneficial to health as a sensible diet and regular exercise

Pilates is amazing, my posture is so much better and I'm even starting to get muscles on my tummy - it's incredible.

They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline.

I'm like any working mom.

The body becomes what the foods are, as the spirit becomes what the thoughts are.

A blind horse kin see just as well from either end.

Too little temptation can lead to virtue.

Admire a big horse. Saddle a small one.

Cooperation and conflict are two sides of the same coin, neither of which can be understood properly without taking account of the other.

parties without a Jameson are like Zen without the echoing yawn.

There is no communication in this world except between equals.

Qigong is the art and science of refining and cultivating internal energy.

Qigong is a jewel that has many facets.

[T]he more qi-full you are, the more cheerful you are.

Stillness and action are relative, not absolute, principles. It is important to find a balance of yin and yang, not just in qigong, but in everyday life. In movement, seek stillness and rest. In rest, be mindful and attentive.

Proportion is the heart of beauty.

Someone—Plato, I think—once said, 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' " "True. But a life too closely scrutinized will lead to madness, if not suicide.

Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.

It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.

Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.

Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. He knows there's a painful side; he knows my thumb smarts and his girlfriend has a bruised breast and the doctor is losing his glasses, but he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain.

But he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain.

No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life - you win some and you lose some.

Civilization is a race between education and catastrophe.