Quotes About Balance

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

The freedom of the city"a phrase he had somewhere heardechoed in his mind. The freedom of the city! A magnificent saying, Electric signs, first burning wanly in the pink air, then brightened and grew strong. "Not light, but rather darkness visible," in that magic hour that just holds the balance between paling day and the spendthrift jewellery of evening.

There are two Mississippi Valleys. One is wet, the other dry. The river made the wet valley by flooding it with dirty water and filling it with mud. People made the dry valley by draining it of water and hardening mud into dirt. The two valleys exist in uneasy tension, the wet valley always ready to burst into the dry valley that holds it down.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much?

There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy.

Because of monster movies and stereotypical witch stories, many people who do not condemn witchcraft to the realm of nonsense think that there is a monster or demon hiding behind every corner waiting to get them. Magick tends to amplify the intentions given to it. If you learn centeredness, confidence, and compassion, magick will amplify those qualities, rather than your fears. Protection magick and psychic self-defense skills alleviate your fears and bring balance.

Balanced and restorative justice is a new approach to juvenile crime that conceives of crime as an act that not only harms people but also violates relationships in a community. Thus, rather than a retributive approach, in which the state punishes an offender, restorative justice practices emphasize healing of the victim, the offender, and the community.

To aspire to life forever would be to acquire living at the expense of life.

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

Work was the disease and the cure.

I like to go to work, and also, I don't have any kids. I don't have any hobbies. I don't like to travel. So going to work is kind of it.

Unfortunately, upsetting the balance of nature just happens to be what our species has been selected to do well- although we hate admit it. Like the Walrus in Lewis Carroll's poem, we shed hypocritical tears over the diminishing supply of oysters, while gulping them down as quickly as ever.

When you are balanced and when you listen and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit, your natural beauty comes out.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

Yoga is not a religion to me.

How is it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches to start a campfire?

To avoid sickness eat less; to prolong life worry less.

Cease striving. Then there will be transformation.

El sonido del agua dice lo que pienso. Su mente está libre de todo pensamiento. Su proceder es sereno y silencioso. Su frente reluce con sencillez. Es frío como el otoño y cálido como la primavera, porque su goce y su ira se suceden tan naturalmente como las cuatro estaciones.

Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy. Great words are clear and limpid; little words are shrill and quarrelsome.

Be cautious of what is within you; block off what is outside you, for much knowledge will do you harm.

When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.