Quotes About Balance

Water which is too pure has no fish.

She believes that having somebody, to be something to somebody, will balance or make the contrarieties of life easier.

What it is," she sighed, "to have to choose between self and security.

The point is to be free, not to be crazy.

Machig merged the two into a single word, god-demon, indicating that gods and demons are two sides of the same coin, that our hopes and fears are inextricably locked together.

Hold it lightly.

Tantric practitioners who visualize themselves as these deities understand that in order to be whole we must embody and appreciate both the masculine and feminine in ourselves.

There's no greater joy in life than enjoying power without responsibility. - Mukta Prajapati

I mean . . . there are dragons who do bad things, Fathom said. But maybe that doesn't make them all bad. Maybe they can also do good things. Maybe some of those bad things are just mistakes.

while Clay perched on the edge and tried to keep his feet and tail from squashing any of the berries.

There's no difference between justice and revenge.

Dodrupchen writes: Whenever problems come to us from beings or inanimate objects, if our mind gets used to perceiving only the suffering or the negative aspects of them, then even from a small negative incident great mental pain will ensue. For it is the nature of indulgence in any concept, whether suffering or happiness, that the experience of this happiness or suffering will thereby be intensified.

Even warriors put their spears down on sundays.

Stop making the perfect enemy of the good.

There is always that little voice in your head saying, "What about me?" Sometimes that little voice drowns out the cry of the team, and the collective results of the group get left behind.

When it comes to establishing a norm for a team, a measure of judgment is required of a leader. While there is no doubt that the person in charge must set the tone based on a personal belief about what will lead to the best results for the organization, the leader also needs to take into account the capabilities and attitudes of the staff members. This is something of a balancing act.

If everything is important, nothing is

It has to do with doing work that drains me of my energy, and which, in turn, prevents me from doing the work that gives me energy.

humble self- confidence.

I have found that most leaders spend the majority of their time and energy making their organizations smarter, with relatively little effort directed toward making them healthier.

It's about knowing that in certain moments you have to offer yourself up as a minor sacrifice to help them accomplish what they need to accomplish. Letting them abuse you, on the other hand, would be a terrible disservice. I know it seems like a fine line, but it's a real one, and it can be done.

As strongly as we feel about our own employees and as wonderful as that is for them, it simply cannot come at the expense of the loyalty and commitment we have to the group of people sitting here today.

Virtue should always be colmingled with humor.

Besides, I long for men's company: the prattle of the little girls — much though I love them — drives me to an earlier and earlier breakfast, to a later and even later dinner, so that presently the two will meet, as they did in Avicenna's tale.