Quotes About Balance

One of the biggest mistakes new homeschooling parents make is going into it with an 'all or nothing' mentality. That's a lot of pressure for something you've never done before...

only when we have a respect for time will we have learned something of the art of living.

The truth always finds a way, Maisie, in some manner or form. You cannot deliberately change the course of the river without causing a flood or drought somewhere else.

We all need to keep a strong middle, my friend. The center is where balance resides, and if you're not in balance, you cannot expect to continue moving

work in tandem—and that means we pedal in different directions, most

The center is where balance resides, and if you're not in balance, you cannot expect to continue moving forward without a fall.

Sometimes you can't slay those dragons; they can't be done away with, just like that." She snapped the fingers of her free hand. "You have to know how not to disturb them, how to mollify them if they become roused, and, above all, you have to come to respect them.

the solution to a problem or question was rarely to be found in sitting alone and that movement of the body also moved the mind.

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.

responsibility itself must cohabit with frivolity, this need not be cause for gloom.

Efficiency is a fact and justice a slogan.

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.

All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

Some of these islanders dutifully recited for us their ancient law: "Take no more from the sea in one day than there are people in your village. If you observe this rule, the bonito will run well again tomorrow.

Balsillie followed two Sun Tzu tactics religiously: appear strong no matter how weak your hand; and move to uneven terrain if an aggressor is overwhelming. For Balsillie, rugged ground meant keeping competitors, suppliers, and customers off balance.

Things in Nature are neutral. It is our approach that determines whether sense objects are experienced as sources of pain or pleasure.

To maintain a clear, balanced mind; to perceive things as they are, without bias; and to act without prejudging, constitute the core of nonattachment.

As Rumi reminds us, a bee and a wasp may drink from the same flower, but one produces nectar and the other a sting. We must choose the nectar.

we work to bring our semitamed ego in line with our higher self so that the ego is an instrument of the soul.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

A lot of nonsense is spoken about work. Some of the finest men I've known were the laziest. Never work because it's expected of you. Find out how much work you must do to live and be happy. Don't do any more.

For of this world one never sees enough and to dine in harmony with nature is one of the gentlest and loveliest things we can do.

Any segment of land . . . can be interesting of itself, but its greater significance must always lie in the life it sustains.

You preserve nothing without encountering some disadvantages. If we keep this [prairie] dog town, horses will break their legs and rattlers will come back. But in the large picture, things balance out, as they did two thousand years ago. The trick is to preserve the balance and pay whatever price it costs.