Quotes About Balance

Freedom was wonderful beyond relief. But with it came that bitch, Duty.

Her genius derives from the fact that she was capable of the deepest feeling but also of the most discerning and disciplined thought.

Great creative minds] think like artists but work like accountants.

Freedom without structure is its own slavery.

I figure that unless you are in the business of politics, covering it or columnizing about it, politics should take up maybe a tenth corner of a good citizen's mind. The rest should be philosophy, friendship, romance, family, culture and fun. I wish our talk-show culture reflected that balance, and that the emotional register around politics were more in keeping with its low but steady nature.

Every virtue can come with its own accompanying vice. The virtue of reticence can yield the vice of aloofness.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

Complete freedom is as much curse as boon; freedom within strict and well-defined confines is, to me, ideal.

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

Paradoxically, the flows of energy that sustain complex things (including you and me) are helping entropy with its bleak task of slowly breaking down all forms of order and structure.

There is a special feeling of knowing that nothing must die for me to thrive.

it's bad for you to hold in your feelings too much. You've a right to them.

the masculine and the feminine? What is one without the other, for how else would the world exist? But each one contains elements of the other too. So use your power, but when others are too strong, be soft; when softness loses vigour, be strong.

know that without night there is no day; without lies, no truth;without despair,no hope. Beware above all of hate, but call to its opposite too. For all things have an opposite and, if you choose it, with will and care, you may turn one thing into its reflection.

Loneliness is the price you pay for keeping things uncomplicated

designate two or three days each month as "X" days, during which they wouldn't schedule any meetings. I'd spend some of those days alone thinking about our businesses.

Demand that your people pursue two seemingly conflicting things at the same time. Make it your mission to understand the nuances of your businesses so that you can shape and guide your teams' intellectual inquiry. Allocate your time thoughtfully; don't become a victim of your calendar. Carve out time to read, research, and think. Turn your meetings into vigorous, instructive debates.

Okay, listen up! Clear your desk...NOW! Despite what some people believe, a cluttered desk does not indicate genius. Au contraire! It signals confusion and creates stress. Even mini-clutter will grow and eventually fill every inch. Keep your desk clear of everything except your project du jour and your family picture. 22

A man's wife can hold him devilish uneasy, if she begins to scold and fret, and perplex him, at a time when he has a full load for a railroad car on his mind already.

Achievements can bring you satisfaction but not happiness.

You are only punishing yourself when you want to be in a relationship with a woman more than she wants to be a in a relationship with you.

Every man knows that his highest purpose in life cannot be reduced to any particular relationship. If a man prioritizes his relationship over his highest purpose, he weakens himself, disserves the universe, and cheats his woman of an authentic man who can offer his full, undivided presence.