Quotes About Balance

The French, it seems to me, strike a happy balance between intimacy and reserve. Some of this must be helped by the language, which lends itself to graceful expression even when dealing with fairly basic subjects.... And there's that famously elegant subtitle from a classic Western. COWBOY: "Gimme a shot of red-eye." SUBTITLE: "Un Dubonnet, s'il vous plait." No wonder French was the language of diplomacy for all those years.

Some people have so much respect for their superiors they have none left for themselves.

Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.

Faith and knowledge lean largely upon each other in the practice of medicine.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

In each of us is an infinite capacity to love, but only a finite capacity to hate.

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe."  Ã¢â'¬â€œ John Muir I'm

Let living and love, be one.

Fun is essential to mastering the serious side of life. It provides the balance that keeps us sane

Beauty is being in harmony with what you are.

If you're serious about obtaining an effortless power, you must learn to take the principle of relaxing to what your brain will consider a ridiculous degree. No matter how relaxed you are, you can always relax more.

Mozart liked to write letters while on the loo. He wrote, "I think it only fitting to write while shitting." This gave me the idea of, "I think it only fitting to read while ..." Who says men can't multitask?

emotional health and spiritual maturity are inseparable. It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.

Jesus was not SELFLESS. He did not live as if ONLY other people counted. He knew his value and worth. He had friends. He asked people to help him. At the same time Jesus was not SELFISH. He did not live as if nobody counted. He gave his life out of love for others. From a place of loving union with his Father, Jesus had a mature, healthy 'true self.

As Parker Palmer said, "Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.

Our relationship with God and relationship with others are two sides of the same coin.

Can we really love our neighbors well without loving ourselves?

We imitate God by stopping our work and resting.

the extent to which we love and respect ourselves is the extent to which we will be able to love and respect others.

Sabbath is not dependent upon our readiness to stop.

the overall health of any church or ministry depends primarily on the emotional and spiritual health of its leadership.

taking care of the tasks of life. We know we have found our balance when we are so deeply rooted in God that our activity is marked by the peaceful, joyful, rich quality of our contemplation.

In what ways does my current pace of life and leadership enhance or diminish my ability to allow God's will and presence full scope in my life?

the activity of my life ("doing" for Jesus) began to eclipse the contemplative dimension of my life ("being" with Jesus).