Quotes About Balance

In a healthy relationship, two people gradually transition from moving within a single orbit to moving in two separate, but overlapping, orbits. They are able to have their own friends, their own interests, their own schedules, and—most important—their own opinions, feelings, and thoughts, while still enjoying and preferring each other's company.

The partners have learned how to balance the requirements of closeness and separateness, how to create a sexual life that satisfies them both, how to solve problems effectively together, and how to talk and listen to each other so their differing points of view are understood and honored.

Generally we study too much and think too little.

The conflict of forces and the struggle of opposing wills are of the essence of our universe and alone hold it together.

The art of living lies in a fine mingling of holding on and letting go.

The art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

IN the natural world Sacrifice is meaningless, As all things come and go From the One.

You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.

Life is a winking light in the darkness.

Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.

I would have liked to have given a frank and balanced account of my own sexuality ... because it is not just a personal matter but a political one too." Beauvoir

Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack.

The gardener uses both roses in the flowerbed and thorns in making fences.

One moment standing in the midst of nature with open heart is a whole lifetime, if one is in tune with nature.

all things that seem good and evil are the opposite ends of one line, and it is difficult to say where evil ends and good begins, for these are comparative terms. A lesser good would seem evil when compared with a greater good, and the lesser evil in comparison with the greater evil would appear good. If there were no evil, good would not have been valued. Without injustice, justice would not have been appreciated. Therefore the whole of life's joy is expressed in duality.

A keen observation shows that the whole universe is a single mechanism working by the law of rhythm; the rise and fall of the waves, the ebb and flow of the tide, the waxing and waning of the moon, the sunrise and the sunset, the change of the seasons, the moving of the earth and of the planets, the whole cosmic system and the constitution of the entire universe are working under the law of rhythm. Cycles of rhythm, with major and minor cycles

The secret of mysticism, therefore, is to feel, think, speak, and act at the same time, for then all that is said, or felt, or done, becomes perfect.

Movement is life; stillness is death.

There are two aspects of life: the first is that man is tuned by his surroundings, and the second is that man can tune himself in spite of his surroundings.

Indifference and independence are the two wings which enable the soul to fly.

If one being or thing, however apparently useless, were missing in this universe of endless variety, it would be as it were a note missing in a song.

The whole of life in all its aspects is one music, and to tune one's self to the harmony of this perfect music is the real spiritual attainment.

Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends.

Male and female are complementary states, and there is a healthy natural tension between them.