Quotes About Balance

There is a qigong saying, "When the intent (yi) arrives, the qi [life force] arrives." This means that the more your mind is focused on what you are doing, the more qi you can develop and control.

Qi cannot flow through a tense, knotted muscle or a locked joint.

Balance of emotions is what is important... and remembering to laugh at oneself. Alan Watts used to say that angels, like Daoist Immortals, can fly because they take themselves lightly!

By emphasizing a deep root and strong foundation, the student can reach to the high heavens without fear of toppling over.

T]hose who are always trying to control everything and eliminate all uncertainties are miserable. For they are fighting against nature. On the other hand, those who come to accept uncertainties as inevitable live lives of peace.

Carrying water and chopping wood are just as much spiritual practices as reading scriptures.

The point of Zen is not to defy reason but to recognize the limitations of rationality.

While the mainstream Western mind visualizes the good and the evil as two opposite forces, each attempting to annihilate the other, the Taoists envision them as interdependent and complementary. The yin-yang is the primordial symbol for creative tension, without which life and growth are not possible, This understanding that the opposites are complementary is essential to Zen's gentle attitude toward life.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

There has to be chemistry in a duet, but if you go beyond the point of friendship and attraction, you lose something.

Flexibility can come at the cost of increased complexity.

Are the teeny-tiny steps feeling restrictive? Take bigger steps. Are you feeling a little unsure? Take smaller steps. TDD is a steering process -- a little this way, a little that way.

Sit Together Develop in an open space big enough for the whole team. Meet the need for privacy and "owned" space by having small private spaces nearby or by limiting work hours so team members can get their privacy needs met elsewhere.

I just want to live simply and pay attention to what's happening each day.

Indian faith sought the harmony of man with his surroundings; the other sought the dominance of surroundings. In

Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. " — Chief Seattle Suqwamish and Duwamish T

It all comes out in the wash. It's just the spin cycle that makes you crazy

I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.

Any game where a man 60 can beat a man 30 ain't no game.

Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter.

You know, one day you're being briefed on world affairs and asked to make decisions, and the next, you're in Crawford, Texas ... and the biggest decision is when do you go mountain bike riding.

The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

Birdie is amazing and such an incredible child and I'm having such a great time being a mom but I still want to have a career and I still look forward to auditions and parts, and when I don't get them I'm disappointed.

For Justice, though she's painted blind, Is to the weaker side inclin'd.