Quotes About Balance

I don't know who first said it, but this proverb is something I believe: A lion leading a lot of sheep can defeat a sheep leading many lions. The important part is that I must decide when I am a lion and when I must be a sheep. I don't believe you are always one or the other.

Et puis, c'est la vie; elle ne nous prend que ce qu'elle nous a donné. Ni plus ni moins. (p.190)

Quando um mosquito se deixa apanhar numa teia, não pode querer mal à aranha.

Who dreams so much, forgets to live

Qui rêve trop oublie de vivre.

qui reve trop oublie de vivre" dieu n'habite pas la havane. p 9

qui rêve trop oublie de vivre" p:9

him. When an animal is

I try to rely less and less on controlling nature. Instead I am learning to live with it's chaos.

There are just two things you need to fix here: the interior and the exterior.

by choosing two aspects of a subject that appear to be in opposition, each can be examined in light of the other in order to better illuminate the entire subject, as long as one doesn't mistake the system for reality.

There isn't much justice in this world. Perhaps that's why its so satisfying to occasionally make some.

All is cause and effect. Action and reaction.

Be wisely selfish, little Snow Lion. Gain happiness for yourself by giving it to others.

Enduring happiness was only possible with equanimity. As long as our happiness depended on circumstances, it would be as fleeting and unreliable as the events themselves.

Karma operates not so much as some external credit-and-debit ledger but more as an energy, a charge that grows over time. This is how even small acts of generosity, especially when motivated by the best intention, can become causes for much greater wealth in the future.

How valid is a practice that frees our bodies from rigidity but does nothing for the mind?

we can allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good.

If you help people lead more positive lives that benefit others as well as themselves, this is a good thing. Very good thing. The danger is that self-development can lead us to more self-cherishing, self-absorption, self-infatuation. And these are not true causes of happiness but the opposite.

The important thing is to make sure our decisions are guided with compassion and wisdom.

we can't control everything around us in the world, but we can learn to control our own mind.

You now have first-hand knowledge of how our of control the mind is.

Enjoy the pleasures of this world, but don't neglect your inner well-being.

Our own well-being and the well-being of those around us depends on being guided by the right priorities,