Quotes About Balance

You think too much. Thinking will bring you nothing but suffering. Be simple.

Compliment but do not covet.

Disorder in here harshing my mellow.

Las tres joyas del taoísmo son la compasión, la moderación y la humildad…

at eighteen months, Sophie moved like a small drunk most of the time.)

Some time ago, the Luminatus, or the Great Death, who kept balance between light and darkness, ceased to be. Since then, Forces of Darkness have been trying to rise from below. You are all that stands between them and destruction of the collective soul of humanity. Try not to screw up.

What does the Tao value above all else?" "Compassion? Those other two jewel things?" "No, inaction. Contemplation. Steadiness. Conservatism. A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people of a country as much as it protects them. That's why Balthasar had us go this way. He wanted me to see the error in the Tao. One can't be free without action.

A good compromise leaves everyone angry.

The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!

Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not.

The way of the warrior is the way of knowing. If that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper. Pain and frustration will be your only reward if you try.

De bedrieger, de raadselmaker, de bewaarder van het evenwicht, hij met de vele gezichten die leven vindt in dedood en die geen kwaad vreest; hij die door deuren loopt.

You cannot expect wolves to become sheep. No, but neither do the wolves have to be cruel to the sheep.

Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.

Why does everything have to be so hard? he wondered. Because, said Saphira, everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to be eaten.

The land is a special thing. Care for it, and it'll care for you. Not many things will do that.

Life is both pain and pleasure.

Se preocupa el águila por lo que dura el día? ¿Lo hacen el oso, el ciervo o los peces del mar? No. ¿Por qué tienes que hacerlo tú, pues? Haz lo que puedas y deja todo lo demás para mañana.

He quenched the fires in his path but left the rest to burn.

As she'd learned through painful experience, second-guessing could be every bit as deadly as overreacting.