Quotes About Balance

happiness is not a six-pack and a sport utility vehicle but what he calls "flow." It occurs "when a person's skills are fully involved in overcoming a challenge that is just about manageable" (Csikszentmihalyi 1997, 30).

Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.

Devil and God are two sides of the same face.

Digressions are part of harmony, deviations too.

Don't pay attention to those who offer too much.

Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing.

Life eats life to live.

One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.

There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection.

To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps.

Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late.

Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good.

What you gain here, you lose on the other side.

I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.

Now on Friday nights, if I want to go hang out with friends, I go hang out with friends. If I want to stay in and be in the hot tub and have people over to watch movies, I do that.

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.

You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.

It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.

By following the concept of 'one country, two systems,' you don't swallow me up nor I you.

Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.

Everybody's got a mean side. Just don't feed it till it grows.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.