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Quotes About Balance

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
~ John B. S. Haldane
Economies are supposed to serve human ends.. not the other way round. We forget at our peril that markets make a good servant, a bad master and a worse religion.
~ Amory Lovins
A garden is the best alternative therapy.
~ Germaine Greer
What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.
~ Frank Herbert
...balance the budget ? Tax religion.
~ Jello Biafra
There is no conflict between religion and science.
~ Georges Lemaitre
In church, sacred music would make believers of us all — but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body.
~ Charles Caleb Colton
Tell yourself right now and throughout today, that it's okay to draw away from the maddening crowd. Jesus did; so can you.
~ Charles R. Swindoll
Religion is life, philosophy is thought; religion looks up, friendship looks in. We need both thought and life, and we need that the two shall be in harmony.
~ James Freeman Clarke
In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.
~ Tom C. Clark
When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary.
~ Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
THE ART OF PEACE is the religion that is not a religion; it perfects and completes all religions.
~ Morihei Ueshiba
Preach 90% Law and 10% grace.
~ John Wesley
Our religion will not clash with nor contradict the facts of science in any particular.
~ Brigham Young
At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well.
~ Indra Sinha, Animal's People
Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.
~ Vera Farmiga
A sense of continuity with the rest of creation is a form of religious experience essential to sanity.
~ Rene Dubos
Herbalism is a religion of nature, representing a balance of head and heart.
~ Michael Tierra
Life is not fair, but one day God's going to settle the score. He's going to right the wrongs. So, who can get better justice - you or God?
~ Rick Warren
There should be a harmonious blend of religion, philosophy and art for man to live healthily in the world.
~ Sathya Sai Baba
Yin and Yang control man's actions, and both extremes are a natural reaction.
~ Ray Davies
He who knows the activities of Nature lives according to Nature.
~ Zhuangzi