Quotes About Balance

When Tung Kuo Tzu asked Chuang Tzu where the Tao was, he replied that it was in the ant, the grass, the clay tile, even in excrement: "There is nowhere where it is not . . . There is not a single thing without Tao.

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy.

Even the bleakest, cruelest soul can have its tender spots. Even the harshest desert has its pools, its shady trees and gentle streams.

No news is ever as good or as bad as it first seems

Binge writers spend more time feeling guilty and anxious about not writing than schedule followers spend writing.

The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.

Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.

After all, it's rather difficult to achieve the exact minimum, and it involves risks.

Work takes all the time and with it one has no leisure for the republic and his friends.

Think of the circular path of each movement, in Tai Chi every movement is in curve or circle that has no ending or beginning.

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in, A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double; And that is life!

Ubi mel ibi apes.

Life may be a marathon, but sometimes you have to sprint to save a life.

I try to go through life doing the least damage possible. Having fun without hurting anyone, maybe doing a little good along the way, but without taking myself too seriously.

Evil is like a pathogen that enters a system, be it an individual, nation-state, or world-system, and exploits that system, knocking it off balance.

a true Hawaiian doesn't eat until he is full, he eats until he is tired.

Even the straightest path has two directions.

Keeping the human race in check must require a lot of multitasking.

I hate the idea of success robbing you of your private life.

Eat only when you're hungry from I Can Make You Thin

We begin to resemble what we focus on. If we devote our lives to our jobs, then we mentally take the office to our daughter's lacrosse game.

Prayer does not offer a less busy life, but a less busy heart."-Paul Miller Quote Read 1/29/18