Quotes About Balance

He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try.

Living in the present moment means living according to truth and principle (but not according to hard rigid dogma) flexibly applied in the particular way required by the immediate situation in which you are. Such a way of living leaves you free, not ruled tyrannically by imposed regulations which may not at all suit the particular case.

We need these oases of calm in a world of storm. There are times when withdrawal to retreat for such a purpose is not desertion but wisdom, not weakness but strength.

If the world stands bewildered and confused in the face of its troubles, it is partly because we Westerners have made a God of activity; we have yet to learn how to be, as we have already learnt how to do.

With our natural intelligence – super health, happiness and longevity should be the rule instead of the exception.

I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath , and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

aspects of the One and All in which a discrimination between good and evil is entirely lost sight

Wer auf dem Kopf geht, der hat den Himmel als Abgrund unter sich.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature

We're not going to get carried away. Well, we are going to for the next couple of days!

You have the freedom (and the responsibility) to rest. So take a nap.

You are free to ask for and choose what you enjoy and what brings you pleasure, as long as those choices are beneficial and in line with God's Word, and you have listened respectfully to and considered prayerfully what others need (not to be mistaken with what others usually want). This applies at work, play, home, church, in the bedroom, etc.

You have to set limits with "getting there" people, or they will tend to take increasingly large amounts of the energy, time, money, and talent God gave you to accomplish his purposes.

Some women find it near impossible to rest because they equate taking a break with being selfish. But Jesus sequestered himself from others to get some much needed rest and refreshment. Drivers who push themselves too hard for too long become a hazard to others. You have the freedom (and the responsibility) to rest.

Only when awe of God rules your heart will you be able to keep the pleasures of the material world in their proper place.

Could it be that desire for a good thing has become a bad thing because that desire has become a ruling thing?

The heart of the righteous weighs its answers" (Prov. 15:28).

In a moment, your thoughts can seem more important than they actually are. In a moment, your emotions can seem more reliable than they really are. In a moment, your needs can seem more essential than they truly are.

So the desire for good possessions is not wrong, but it must not rule your heart.

The desire for the love of another person is not wrong, but it must not rule your heart.

A desire for a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a ruling thing.

Every leader is a package of God-given gifts and God-assigned limits. It is dangerous to focus on the one without humbly remembering the other.

Everything we say and do, everything we commit ourselves to, and every situation, location, and relationship we experience is experienced between the already and the not yet. You will never understand the things you face every day until you understand that you live in the middle. Everything in your life is shaped by what the middle is like.