Quotes About Balance

We may overindulge at times, but we then control ourselves and go back to a more moderate diet. There is a mudra that illustrates this situation quite well: "If the animal leaves the flock, I take it back to the flock. If it leaves again, I take it back again." Spiritual

One becomes wise only in measures, as he goes through his own insanity.

They say, as the gardener, so the garden.

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

Nothing is easier than to sit, like Father Matthew,[17] in the seat of judgement and condemn drunkenness, while you are yourself intoxicated with sobriety;

The water is your friend. You don't have to fight with water, just share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move.

O fossero di que' prudenti che s'adombrano delle virtù come de' vizi, predicando sempre che la perfezione sta nel mezzo; e il mezzo lo fissan giusto in quel punto dov'essi sono arrivati, e ci stanno comodi.

Ma cos'è la storia senza la politica? Una guida che cammina, cammina, con nessuno dietro che impari la strada, e per conseguenza butta via i suoi passi; come la politica senza la storia è uno che cammina senza guida.

The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.

Mama says I spend too much time in little fantasy worlds and not enough in this one.

She needed him to keep her sane, to make her laugh, to feel complete

of life and death," said Master Kung.

Evenness is an idea that precedes oddness.

humans can build as easily as destroy,

There's a reason that God gave us two ears, two eyes and one mouth. It's so you can listen and watch twice as much as you talk. Best of all, listening costs you nothing.

I never allowed my personal feelings about a particular player to cloud my judgement about what was best for the team.

I was the puppet master, not the control freak.

Tuve la suerte de que mi mujer y mis hijos no me hicieron sentir culpable por haber pasado tan poco tiempo con ellos y me permitieron ser egoísta.

Di Stéfano was one of the greatest footballers ever. He had such great balance.

I have yet to encounter anyone who has achieved massive success without closing themselves off from the demands of others or forgoing pastimes. I'm not suggesting that being completely obsessed with a pursuit leads to a healthy lifestyle or eternal happiness, but I just cannot imagine how, if you aspire to be better than everyone else, you can have balance in your life.

Faced with the need to confront a player who had performed below our expectation, I might have said: That was rubbish, that.' But then I would follow it up with, 'For a player of your ability. That was for picking them back up from the initial blow. Criticise but balance it out with encouragement. 'Why are you doing that? You're better than that.

Seem like a lot of people wear shoes they can't walk in.

Retribution. Poetic justice. Just deserts. Comeuppance.

But Adrian, sometimes it's nice to let her be smart too.