Quotes About Balance

reconciliation of views

On Lincoln: A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.

Lincoln's) experience as a lawyer compelled him not only to see that there is a principle underlying every phenomenon in human affairs, but that there are always two sides to every question, both of which must be fully understood in order to understand either, and that it is of greater advantage to an advocate to appreciate the strength than the weakness of his antagonist's position.

I]t takes a great great deal of salt to keep scurrility sweet.

We were moderate, we will never know what it is to spill out our lives...

No hay felicidad como esta dicha: mañanas apacibles, la luz del río, el fin de semana por delante. Vivían una vida rusa, una vida fecunda, entrelazada, en la que un infortunio de uno de los miembros, un fracaso, una enfermedad, rompería el equilibrio de todos. Aquella vida era como una prenda de vestir. Su belleza estaba fuera, su calor dentro»

He had never been particularly young, or to put it another way, he had been young for a long time and now was at his true age, old enough for civilized comfrots and not too old for the primal ones.

Babel werd nooit moe zijn verhalen te herschrijven. Hij zei dat er in een volzin ergens een soort hefboompje zat waarop je de hand kon leggen om er een heel kleine, maar precies goede draai mee te geven, niet te veel, niet te weinig, waarna alles op zijn plaats viel.

I was in the house alone. That's usually the case because I'm writing and my wife is out in the real world doing something of great value and being with actual people. People who are not tied down to a keyboard, monitor and chair calling out to people who aren't in the house.

The exclamation point is a loud party-goer, demanding attention. Overdone, it can be annoying.

There is a fine line between knowing the stats your self-publishing generates and living your life around them. Some authors check their Amazon rank several times a day. That can only lead to madness and walking the streets talking to yourself.

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory

Karma had everyone's address

you might as well fall on your face as lean over too far backwards

Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.

Su cabeza trabaja tan deprisa que su cuerpo no puede seguirla

Let us not go back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Lately, I have been wondering if there is time left for daydreaming in this 21st-century world of constant communication. Or are we held hostage by our fascination and focus on small, lighted screens seemingly glued to the palms of our hands?

Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. —ANATOLE FRANCE

Make some money but don't let money make you. ~ Tanzanian Proverb

A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow. ~ Lesotho Proverb

If I am in harmony with my family, that's success. ~ African Proverb

In fact, to speak in earnest, I believe it adds a charm To spice the good a trifle with a little dust of harm