Quotes About Balance

What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but absence of self-criticism.

Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil.

A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.

Suddenly I began to wonder how to please so many people. do I take the magnesium citrate? What about the coffee enema? Do I do both? Do I do the abdominal message or the colonic? Do I tell the doctors about each other? East meets West in Gilda's body: Western medicine down my throat, Eastern medicine up my butt.

Students who proceed according to the master-slave paradigm will only work themselves to death. Students who flirt and dally with Japanese in a lover-like relationship shall live happily ever after

Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.

Give me a man with a little fight in him, a man who calls me on my bullshit. (But who also kind of likes my bullshit.)

While many things have changed, some things haven't changed enough.

My life has become a series of fast-moving parts, each hurtling forward while I race to catch up, forever on the verge of tripping.

I am proud because I understand that there are times when self-preservation is more important than sentiment, especially when one is a mother, and I could not afford to be perpetually devoured from the inside out, surrendering my hours and days and weeks and months to this turbulent anxiety

When your safety is in question follow your intuition. It will help you balance along the precipice between vulnerability and adventure.

Follow your heart. Then root its longing with the facts.

If you can't remember when you last basked in your own glow, it means you're overdue.

Forget black and white and try on gray. In hair color, wardrobe or life choices, it may feel more enlivening than you imagine.

Rather than resist rest and gravitate toward constant motion, let's experiment with letting go.

Take time for yourself. If you feel guilty eating lunch away from your desk or lingering in a bath, let the deprogramming begin.

At times, productivity means doing nothing at all.

Till your inner garden and your outer landscape will flourish

We can't script every detail of our lives. But we can solve the riddle of fulfillment when we plan ahead while simultaneously embracing the surprises of each moment.

If running a marathon excites you, create space in your life for it. Adding a new commitment means recalibrating different areas of your world. Logging more miles as your race date approaches means less time invested in other pursuits. Not forever, just during the months you train. Too, you will find how training fits into your world serves not only crossing the finish but other areas of life.

One of the most important ways for you to train, stay healthy and injury free is to listen closely to what your body tells you.

In a life full of work, family, civic responsibilities, commutes and errands, your training runs offer fertile opportunity to lean inward and listen.

The idea infusing this book: training for a marathon while remaining connected to our whole self. Mind, Body and Spirit – what animates our lives, uplifts us and stirs our energy – are not fixed, mutually exclusive states. They are organic trajectories expressed as an integrated spiral, their balance a process in which we are not conductor but collaborator.

Don't say yes out of obligation. When you don't feel an inner yes, say no to others' requests for your help. Reserve some of your time and energy for things you love to do.