Quotes About Balance

Let your thoughts and behaviors move smoothly in accordance with the nature of all things.

Let go of a desire to force anyone or anything, and choose instead to consciously be part of the cyclical pattern of nature.

All rights and wrongs of every description represent shoulds of one kind or another. And the shoulds get in your way, particularly when they conflict with another person's need to have his own as well.

Because the universe returns to you what you send out, it is imperative that you are a person of integrity.

live in harmony with nature.

When you have the choice to be right, or kind, choose kind.

Do not resist the natural course of your life.

return to the basics of a peaceful existence by choosing to live simply and placing less effort on needing to conquer anyone.

All carry and embrace the opposites of yin and yang, or the feminine and masculine principles. This verse reinforces the idea that blending these seemingly opposing forces is the way to achieve harmony.

If you have truly attained wholeness, everything will flock to you.

commune with nature, play with your children, read, see a movie, or just do nothing.

changing the way you prioritize your life ensures a fruitful one.

When action is pure and selfless, everything settles into its own perfect place.

Introduce a soft, nonaction style to your life. Practice the way of nonaction, or performing without effort.

slow down your incessant demands for more

Stillness and tranquility set things in order in the universe.

When you maintain a peaceful inner posture, even in the midst of chaos, you change your life.

Living by Natural Law This verse speaks of a natural law that's unaffected by ego. The message? You're not in charge—you never have been, and you never will be. So you're advised to let go of any ideas you have about controlling anything or anyone, including yourself.

avoid the extremes, the excesses, and the extravagant, and know that all is unfolding perfectly, even if your thoughts tell you that it's imperfect.

Consider the two ways of being presented in this verse of the Tao Te Ching: first to meld into, and therefore become at one with, your immediate surroundings; and to then simultaneously stay so relaxed that your stillness allows all things around you to settle, resulting in a deep clarity.

If you can meet triumph and disaster, and treat those two imposters just the same . . . yours is the earth and everything that's in it.

One who understands splendor while holding to humility acts in accord with eternal power.

Do the Tao Now At your next meal, practice portion control by asking yourself after several bites if you're still famished. If not, just stop and wait. If no hunger appears, call it complete. At this one meal, you'll have practiced the last sentence of the 9th verse of the Tao Te Ching: "Retire when the [eating] is done; this is the way of heaven.

thinking about the surpluses we can put back into circulation to decrease deficiencies that exist elsewhere in our world.