Quotes About Balance

The softest things in the world to overcome the hardest things in the world.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.

The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

There is no calamity greater than lavish desires.There is no greater guilt than discontentment.And there is not greater disaster than greed.

A violent wind does not last for a whole morning...

He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm...

Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao...

The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels...

The soft overcomes the hard; and the weak the strong.

Nature doesn't give a damn for convenience, and never has.

Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.

The secret was that I could conduct the different parts of my life in the different parts of the house and ignore the fact that they didn't work as a whole.

Oh, it does," he said, thinking of Azagoth and his pitch-black sense of humor. "You just don't want to be on the funny side of it.

There's an old Cheyenne saying about how, when a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.

The key to being a good shooter is balance. Everything follows balance.

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.

Opposites attract. If two people just alike get married, one of you is unnecessary.

I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.

A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied

When something good comes along, take more if it's offered except for pie. Too much pie can make you sick.

Let's not become so worried about not offending anybody that we lose the ability to distinguish between respect and paranoia.

The warring conflict in man between the intellect and the libido shall never be twinned.

If you want one thing too much it's likely to be a disappointment. The healthy way is to learn to like the everyday things, like soft beds and buttermilk—and feisty gentlemen.

If the men give you something, you get nothing.