Quotes About Balance

Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.

How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?

Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which set bounds to the passions

justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is dissolution.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which sets bounds to the passions

Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.

Good can exist without evil whereas evil cannot exist without good.

Satisfaction = what you have ÷ what you want

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.

The Creator gave man two ears and one mouth;there is a reason why He did so.

Baseball is not necessarily an obsessive-compulsive disorder, like washing your hands 100 times a day, but it's beginning to seem that way. We're reaching the point where you can be a truly dedicated, state-of-the-art fan or you can have a life. Take your pick.

God is a just as He is merciful.

Such as have made a considerable improvement of their gifts and graces, have hearts as large as their heads; whereas most men's heads have outgrown their hearts.

Mercy is "Alpha," justice is "Omega."

Fire and water may as well agree in the same vessel, as grace and sin in the same heart.

Mercy is God's Alpha, justice is His Omega.

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

a ship without ballast is tossed hither and thither on the sea, so the chariot, without its accustomed weight, was dashed about as if empty. They

Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike.

A delicate balance is required: keep the penitent tautly close to the point of recognizing sin, and then allow the relief of that pressure to flow through forgiveness. Confession increases this tautness, only to clear the path for release.

everywhere a good and a bad book

Virtue is like health: the harmony of the whole man.

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was ever done in the world.