Quotes About Balance

CALMNESS of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.

In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute.

a man's worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts

Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power.

Anxiety quickly demoralizes the whole body, and lays it open to the entrance of disease;

IF YOU WOULD PROTECT YOUR BODY, GUARD YOUR MIND.

That exquisite poise of character, which we call serenity is the last lesson of culture, the fruitage of the soul.

As you succeed in overcoming self you will begin to see things in their right relations. He who is swayed by any passion, prejudice, like or dislike, adjusts everything to that particular bias, and sees only his own delusions. He who is absolutely free from all passion, prejudice, preference, and partiality, sees himself as he is; sees others as they are; sees all things in their proper proportions and right relations.

The universe does not favour the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so;

Wake Him. Self-control is strength; Right Thought is mastery; Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace, be still!

The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed. At the bidding of unlawful thoughts the body sinks rapidly into disease and decay; at the command of glad and beautiful thoughts it becomes clothed with youthfulness and beauty.

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience.

Though a man without money is poor, a man with nothing but money is still poorer. Worldly gifts cannot bear up the spirits from fainting and sinking when trials and troubles come, any more than headache can be cured by a golden crown or toothache by a chain of pearls.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much.

If one would find peace, he must come out of passion.

As the body cannot thrive on empty husks, neither can the spirit be sustained on empty pleasures. If not regularly fed the body loses its vitality, and, pained with hunger and thirst, cries out for food and drink. It is the same with the spirit: it must be regularly nourished in solitude on pure and holy thoughts or it will lose its freshness and strength, and will at last cry out in its painful and utter starvation.

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love...

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Indigence and indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness.

DON'T LEAD A DOUBLE LIFE. Everything you do takes up space in your brain. If you live a double life (and you know what I mean if I'm talking to you), then that extra life takes up neurons and synapses working overtime. The brain can't handle it. It starts to degrade instead of grow.

Someone who is reinventing always has spare time. Part of reinvention is collecting little bits and pieces of time and carving them the way you want them to be. That is the Power of No in action: you say no to the superfluous distractions because you must find some time for you.

And ultimately, a happy you will be the greatest contribution you can make toward a happy society.

is about a new phase in history where art, science, business, and spirit will join together, both externally and internally, in the pursuit of true wealth.

One time someone wrote to us: "I'm applying all of the things you suggest, and I am coming up with a ton of ideas to improve my life. The only problem is, when I go out drinking with my friends on Friday night, they all laugh at the ideas. What should I do?" We wrote back: "Simple solution: stay home on Friday night.