Quotes About Balance

Man did not weave the web of life—he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."1

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness.

battle that rages inside every person.' 'The two wolves.' 'That's right. One wolf is anger and fear and paranoia and cruelty. The other is kindness, humility, compassion, serenity. And the boy asks his grandfather, "Which wolf wins?" You remember the answer?' ' "The one you feed." ' 'That's right.

She looked at ways to quantify life. Analytic in nature, her head almost always overruled her heart. Love it? Hate it? She wanted to KNOW it.

Whether the glass is half empty or half full depends on if you're drinking from it or filling it." Milt Carp in Dollarapalooza

There are no monotone "values" in biology.

In popularizing a scientific development it was always crucial to sail the narrow strait between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public befuddlement.

Soul health turns into whole health. Soul sickness turns into whole sickness.

The world is perfect there. Or maybe you're perfect and the world is the same.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

With exceptions so rare that it is hard to remember one, textbooks are to books as powdered food supplements are to a good, balanced meal.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

The First Splendid Truth: To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.

I can DO ANYTHING I want, but I can't DO EVERYTHING I want.

one flaw throws the loveliness of [everything else] into focus. I remember reading that Shakers deliberately introduced a mistake into the things they made, to show that man shouldn't aspire to the perfection of God. Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.

Money. It's a good servant but a bad master.

Say "no" only when it really matters. Wear a bright red shirt with bright orange shorts? Sure. Put water in the toy tea set? Okay. Sleep with your head at the foot of the bed? Fine. Samuel Johnson said, "All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.

I'm a mom first, a singer second.

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still.

It's exhausting, tiptoeing around someone who barges into your life with good intentions.

I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.

In civilized society, we humans are responsible for nurturing and sustaining the force of inter-relational harmony in our lives.

I believe that if you truly understand the importance of relaxation, you will make time for it in your schedule.

If you decide to focus on one thing at a time, instead of trying to solve everything at once, and just do that one thing, then you will feel a sudden decrease in stress.