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Quotes About Balance

No doubt solitude is wholesome, but so is abstinence after a surfeit. The true life of man is in society.
~ William Gilmore Simms
To the worldy man Karma is a stern Nemesis, to the spiritual man Karma unfolds itself in harmony with his highest aspirations.
~ William Quan Judge
Really, trees are nearly as important as men, and much better behaved.
~ Winifred Holtby
Every woman must admit, and every man with as much sense as a woman, that it's very hard to make a home for any man if he's always in it.
~ Winifred Kirkland
The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven.
~ Zhuangzi
I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.
~ Zoe Saldana
I am not convinced that men and women were ever meant to share the same house, though some people can do it beautifully.
~ Alice Walker
Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
~ Alexander Pope
The goal of equality seems to disproportionately burden women, since it's assumed that they have to assume more responsibility, while men can remain the status quo.
~ Amy Richards
If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.
~ Bertrand Russell
The more successful I become, the more I need a man.
~ Beyonce Knowles
Man is neither angel nor beast.
~ Blaise Pascal
Why would a man need both a wife and a mistress? A smart man would seek out and fall in love with a woman who can play both.
~ Brenda Jackson
We were made to be neither cerebral men nor visceral men, but Men. Not beasts nor angels but Men - things at once rational and animal.
~ C. S. Lewis
Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.
~ Samuel Richardson
Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
~ Seneca the Younger
I have never met a woman, or man, who stated emphatically, "Yes, I have it all.'" Because no matter what any of us has—and how grateful we are for what we have—no one has it all.
~ Sheryl Sandberg
The injustice of men subserves the justice of God, and often His mercy.
~ Sophie Swetchine
One man puts the fire out, the other lights the fuse.
~ Steve Winwood
Keeping the peace with the particular man in one's life becomes more essential than battling the mass male culture.
~ Susan Faludi
A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.
~ Tamara Mellon
To rise at six, to dine at ten, To sup at six, to sleep at ten, Makes a man live for ten times ten.
~ Victor Hugo
Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.
~ Warren Farrell