Quotes About Balance

Rest, rest, rest, rest, rest. Nutrition is obviously very important, but rest is equally important. At rest is when your body is trying to recover.

Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.

For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction.

I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.

There is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides.

Take a nap Making the mountain water Pound the rice.

In her (nature's) inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

Every need brings what's needed. Pain bears its cure like a child. Having nothing produces provisions. Ask a difficult question, And the marvelous answer appears.

So, to prevent fatigue and worry, the first rule is: Rest often. Rest before you get tired.

If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

If you are a happy person, don't spend your time trying to make an unhappy person happy. Near as I can tell, you have to be a magician to pull it off.

You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But being well-rounded is greatly overrated.

As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.