Quotes About Balance

When you hold the world in your palm and inspect it only from a bird's-eye view, you tend to become arrogant— you do not realize that things get blurred when seen from an enormous distance," Yunus wrote.

I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature.

Nietzsche's] questions - transcend, but where to; ascend, but to what height? - would have answered themselves if he had calmly kept both feet on the ascetic ground. He was too sick to follow his most important insight: that the main thing in life is to take the minor things seriously. When minor things grow stronger, the danger posed by the main thing is contained; then climbing higher in the minor things means advancing in the main thing.

In a world that belongs to God, human beings make too much of themselves as soon as they raise their heads; in a world that belongs to humans, they repeatedly make too little of themselves.

Mit jugendlichem Pathos hatte ich geglaubt, mich zwischen ihr und dem Schreiben entscheiden zu müssen, zwischen Liebe und Freiheit. Jetzt erst begriff ich, dass Liebe und Freiheit sich nicht ausschlossen, sondern bedingten, dass das eine nicht ohne das andere möglich war.

the inevitable tension between knowledge and innocence

Publilius Syrus say: amare et sapere vix deo conced-itur? Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time.

Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.

Unfortunately, a superabundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares

To be gentle, tolerant, wise and reasonable requires a goodly portion of toughness.

I laugh a lot at my own shortcomings. I see irony in most things and I'm outspoken, but I bring a sense of humor to any office. I think it provides a nice balance of warmth in a work setting.

Psychopaths also show abnormal balances of chemicals currently linked to depression and compulsive behavior: monoamine oxidase (MAO) and serotonin.

What I know for sure is that when you declutter – whether it's on your home, your head, or your heart – it is astounding what will flow into that space that will enrich you, your life, and your family.

Let's just agree that neither side has a monopoly on assholes. The point is, once you recognize that every human model of reality is fundamentally unreal, then it all just comes down to which one works best.

It's kind of like a Zen thing. Like playing the piano, or being a centipede in Heaven.

PREDATORS RUN FOR THEIR DINNER. PREY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES. —OLD ECOLOGIST'S PROVERB

THE INTUITIVE MIND IS A SACRED GIFT AND THE RATIONAL MIND IS A FAITHFUL SERVANT. WE HAVE CREATED A SOCIETY THAT HONORS THE SERVANT AND HAS FORGOTTEN THE GIFT. —ALBERT EINSTEIN (APOCRYPHAL)

Long before art and science and philosophy arose, consciousness had but one function: not to merely implement motor commands, but to mediate between commands in opposition.

YOU CANNOT PREVENT AND PREPARE FOR WAR AT THE SAME TIME —Albert Einstein

Details, when they are successful, are not mere decoration. They do not distract or entertain. They lead to an understanding of the whole of which they are an inherent part.

I used to work all the time, and now if there is a wedding, there's a concert, I'm there.

Who overrefines his argument brings himself to grief.

los primeros ochenta años son los difíciles, después te mueres y te quedas muy tranquilo. Pues bien, ahora los primeros ochenta años no sólo son difíciles, sino que, a este paso, pronto serán todos laborables.

Bizden uzakla?mad?kça bize görünmeyen s?hhat, itiyad?n verdi?i hissizlikle, sa?lamlar?n ?uurundan kaç?p nas?l ve nereye saklan?yor?