Quotes About Balance

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

Truth is found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis, but in an emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.

A little learning is a dangerous thing and a good deal of it is suffocating.

The shorter the hours, the larger the income. Don't get into the habit of putting in long hours or you may be set down into a permanent subordinate position.

How much human life can we absorb?" answers one of Facebook's founders,

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.

Notice that the unchurched show little interest in attending a church known for the quality of its worship music or even the quality of its sermons. Millions of churchless adults are very sensitive to the balance between teaching and street-level ministry; they fear getting connected to a congregation that is all talk and no action.

As Billy Graham has often said regarding early mornings, "No Bread, no bread." In my life, it is my goal to have a daily quiet time, exercise physically every day (even when traveling) and to read something to refresh my mind and help me to grow in knowledge.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

You can be as romantic as you please about love, Hector; but you mustn't be romantic about money

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it's called ferocity.

An index is a great leveller.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.

All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.

The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die and do not outlive yourself.

A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.

In order to understand peace one must have an good knowledge of chaos. -GB

I never go jogging, it makes me spill my martini.

Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.

Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up.

What should you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?