Quotes About Balance

An illness of the mind is an illness of the body, and vice versa.

Stretching oneself too thin is the disease of modern life — letting oneself get too thick, the other.

if we never stretch we snap like a brittle twig and that's true both physically and mentally

Illness is a puzzle scattered in pieces. Find a way to make whole all the parts, and you can find wellness.

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.

Physically, our home is small and the rest of the world is large — but in our hearts, it's the other way around.

People who can't think of anything else but whether the person you love is convex or concave should be doomed to not think of anything else, and so miss the other ninety-five percent of life.

When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.

Our house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.

Law of Window Cleaning: It's on the other side.

If the shelves are dusty and the pots don't shine, it's because I have better things to do with my time.

Sometimes clean feels empty. A bit of clutter and dirt gladdens the heart and affirms a life in progress.

We are conscious of an animal in us, which awakens in proportion as our higher nature slumbers. It is reptile and sensual, and perhaps cannot be wholly expelled...

Humans have an odd ecology.

Our behavior is human with a sliver of animal, our souls animal with a sliver of human.

He had sought to equip himself with the tools of artistry. On the other hand, he had not sacrificed strength. His conscious aim had been to increase his strength by avoiding excess of strength. Nor

Instinct and law demanded of him obedience.  But growth demanded disobedience.

He was beginning to see, though vaguely, the sharp conflict between woman and career, between a man's work in the world and woman's need of the man.  But he was not capable of generalization.  He saw only the antagonism between the concrete, flesh-and-blood Genevieve and the great, abstract, living Game.  Each resented the other, each claimed him; he was torn with the strife, and yet drifted helpless on the currents of their contention.

Life is difficult enough without undue association with people.

I've seen workaholics who've destroyed people. They become obsessed. They send out terrible messages. They make people feel guilty if they don't show up on Saturday. What a stupid message. People should be giving that time to their families.

Two hours of loose philosophizing will never tilt the scale against the worth of one sound belch.

What is peace? Balance three iron skewers tip to tip, one upon the other; at the summit, emplace an egg, so that it too poises static in mid-air, and there you have the condition of peace in this world of men.

A surfeit of honey cloys the tongue; a surfeit of wine addles the brain; so a surfeit of ease guts a man of strength.

I give dignity second place to expedience," said Cugel.