Quotes About Balance

Men ought not to play God before they learn to be men.

La naturaleza adora la sencillez y la unidad.

fifty-fifty on believing

It was a bad day for viruses," Moderna's chair Afeyan says about the Sunday in November 2020 when he got the first word of the clinical trial results. "There was a sudden shift in the evolutionary balance between what human technology can do and what viruses can do. We may never have a pandemic again.

the calm in the vortex.

Every reasonable person must strive to promote moderation and a more objective judgment.

Though human ingenuity may make various inventions," he wrote, "it will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple, more direct than does Nature; because in her inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.

He believed in eating nothing but fruits and starchless vegetables, which he said prevented the body from forming harmful

the ideal chief executive as an outside person, an inside person, and a person of action.

He prescribed Euclidean geometry, followed by a dose of trigonometry and algebra. That should cure anyone, they both thought, from having too many artistic or romantic passions.

They all knew they were expected to be deferential to Jobs while also pushing back on his ideas and being willing to argue—a tricky balance to maintain, but each did it well. "I realized very early that if you didn't voice your opinion, he would mow you down," said Cook. "He takes contrary positions to create more discussion, because it may lead to a better result. So if you don't feel comfortable disagreeing, then you'll never survive.

The body exists to serve the spirit

the simplicity that comes from conquering complexities, not ignoring them.

a leader is either very inclusive or a passionate visionary. But the best leaders could be both.

It's best not to mess with karma." Why

Compromisers may not make great heroes, but they do make democracies.

Alan was slow to learn that indistinct line that separated initiative from disobedience.

key challenge for managers is how to strike a balance between being decisive and being collegial

Some leaders push innovations by being good at the big picture. Others do so by mastering details. Jobs did both, relentlessly.

la armonía del cosmos se refleja en la belleza de los seres vivos.

Hertzfeld replied that he needed a couple more days to finish the Apple II product he was in the middle of. "What's more important than working on the Macintosh?" Jobs demanded. Hertzfeld explained that he needed to

And we would relate to the way he tried to balance, sometimes uneasily, the pursuit of reputation, wealth, earthly virtues, and spiritual values.2

It's harder, and less glorious, to realize that legitimate values sometimes conflict with one another, and they have to be balanced. This is not a talent that is exalted on talk radio or cable news shows. But the need to calibrate a proper balance among opposing principles is evident in every issue we face today, from abortion to heath-care reform to affirmative action.

simply enjoy giving more than receiving in every respect, do not take myself nor the doings of the masses seriously, am not ashamed of my weaknesses and vices, and naturally take things as they come with equanimity and humor.