Quotes About Balance

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they can not be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.

A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it's important to show that even under all this strength there's a fragile side, a side that can be affected.

It has taken about four billion years for living systems, mostly in the sea, to transform the lifeless ingredients of early Earth into the Eden that makes our lives possible, and less than a century for us to destabilize those rhythms.

To succeed as a predator, simple math explains that it is vital that the consumers do not outnumber the consumees. The older and larger the consumer, the greater the investment of energy, pound for pound. It takes a lot of seeds and grass to make enough mice and rabbits to make a wolf; a lot of little plants to make sufficient numbers of small fish to make a shark. As it turns out, it takes a lot of everything to power human societies.

So, should we race to see how quickly we can consume the last tuna, swordfish, and grouper? Or race to see what can be done to protect what remains? For now, there is still a choice.

The bottom line answer to the question about why biodiversity matters is fairly simple: The rest of the living world can get along without us, but we can't get along without them.

I couldn't keep a dog and a James Joyce and a bookshop.

Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught.

Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught. This book is meant to be a basic Buddhist primer, but no one should be daunted. It's easier than you think [p. 4]

He did not confuse compassion with passivity.

Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way." –Blackfoot Indian proverb

Nature tries to compensate, but is not always successful and thus our planet is now in dire straits and we humans are directly responsible for it.

For me, the 'ask' is similar to squeezing or crumbling pastry, but in the next nano-second I am releasing the crumbs back

If the horse 'falls' in or out on one shoulder, take the appropriate rein forward so he has nothing to lean on. This effectively encourages more engagement behind

She knows that the two of us go together like boric acid and sugar. Sweet and deadly.

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.

I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.

If I'm not for myself, who will be for me? And if not now, when? But if I'm only for myself, who am I?

What makes this danger so terrible is that humans tip the balance of your world. No other species can make such a difference, for good or ill. If humans can live in harmony with other forms of life, the world rejoices. If not, the world suffers--and may not survive.

Eremon liked to say that hooves can make speed, while hands can make music.

Piety does not mean that a man should make a sour face about things, and refuse to enjoy in moderation what his Maker has given.

The ocean is like a beautiful, strong woman. She can be loving and nurturing…; or wickedly evil.