Quotes About Balance

Moderate lamentation is the right of the dead, excessive grief the enemy to the living.

Too strong a media emphasis on death and violence can lead to despair.

no, a mí no se me habría pasado por la cabeza abandonar la familia y la fábrica para dedicar todo mi tiempo a escribir, como él hizo.

The law of living: fluctuation. For every thought a counter-thought, for every urge a counterurge. No wonder you either go crazy and die or decide to disappear.

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings — nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function," F. Scott Fitzgerald

To complain about the rain, or lack of it, shows a mind out of tune with nature. Align with nature, and, rain or shine, the weather is always welcome.

Some cooks prepare their meals and leave a big mess for later, but the way of zen is to clean as you go.

Some people worry that prayer may lead to passivity, that we will retreat to prayer as a substitute for action. Jesus saw no contradiction between the two: he spent long hours in prayer and then long hours meeting human needs.

Are we concentrating more on the kingdom of this world than on the kingdom that is not of this world?

When the church joined with the state, it tended to wield power rather than dispense grace.

When the church has occasion to set the rules for all society, it often veers toward the extremism

As a Jewish rabbi put it, A man should carry two stones in his pocket. On one should be inscribed, 'I am but dust and ashes.' On the other, 'For my sake was the world created.' And he should use each stone as he needs it.7-11

Be careful," warned Nietzsche, "lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon." I

At last I understood: in the final analysis, forgiveness is an act of faith. By forgiving another, I am trusting that God is a better justice-maker than I am. By forgiving, I release my own right to get even and leave all issues of fairness for God to work out. I leave in God's hands the scales that must balance justice and mercy.

I leave in God's hands the scales that must balance justice and mercy.

Wise companions learn to seek out the delicate balance between offering help and offering too much help.

A healthy family builds up the weakest members while not tearing down the strong.

The church works best as a force of resistance, a counterbalance to the consuming power of the state.

There is one major flaw in the law of revenge, however: it never settles the score.

it seems so unfair, to forgive injustice. I am caught between forgiveness and justice.

Vengeance is a passion to get even. It is a hot desire to give back as much pain as someone gave you. . . . The problem with revenge is that it never gets what it wants; it never evens the score. Fairness never comes.

As the honors accrued, creativity diminished.

After reading binge prompted by convalescence, As if to balance the ledger, letters poured out at an equally prodigious pace.