Quotes About Balance

a way of eating that merges fresh food with ancient food wisdom and the latest science.

If you spend less on cheap food, you'll spend more on health care.

a good diet can repair the switches, making them flexible to circumstances so that they switch on or off as needed to keep our health in balance.

Choose only minimally processed oils and fats that have retained their naturally occurring proportion of nutrients.

higher level of omega-6 promotes an inflammatory state that leaves us vulnerable to ailments from arthritis, asthma, and fibromyalgia to heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure.

every bite of food we eat is an investment in our vitality and in the planet.

in addition to gluten sensitivity and lactose intolerance, some of us may need a higher intake of essential vitamins and minerals than others.

For millennia, Native Americans have had a relationship with the land that encompasses respect and appreciation for all it provides.

to achieve a normal weight, change your relationship to food so your most-of-the-time way of eating becomes a social, health-enhancing, pleasurable experience.

We have to mourn our dead, but we cannot let them take over our life.

Her taste for symmetry and structure, it helped her thoughts drift. Symmetry did not chain her, it set her free. (p. 85)

Bengali philosopher, poet and composer Rabindranath Tagore: It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

I had broken the rules of exchange. She had given and I had taken, but I had not reciprocated. A gift like love is never free.

A female writer cannot afford to feel her life too clearly. If she does, she will write in a rage when she should write calmly.

It is this sexual excess, no doubt, that has caused Jan to neglect his work. Lots of spermatozoa enfeebles a man and thins his blood. - Jacob

Maybe life isn't about being one way or the other. Perhaps the answers we are looking for come from everywhere–our faith, our brains, and our hearts.

I was working second shift and weekends, never seeing my children, and I felt like I was selling my soul to the devil for health insurance and paid vacations.

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.

The main difference between these alternatives is symmetry. Dependence is an asymmetrical involvement: One person needs the other, but not vice versa, so the needy person is one-down. Interdependence is symmetrical: Both parties rely on each other, so neither is one-up or one-down. Moreover

I need my family to remind me in a loving and nice way to lighten up.

If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

I enjoy people, I enjoy a good conversation and doing something together, but I don't require it in my week. I do need several hours of quiet.

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh (Proverbs 14:30a)