Quotes About Balance

I don't think you have to wait for knowledge and balance to come before you seek power because you need a certain amount of power to gain knowledge and balance.

Ignorance was just as dynamic as knowledge, and it grew in the same proportion.

They can't stop you if, in your heart, you seek enlightenment, empowerment, balance and knowledge.

In addition to innocence, we have to have knowledge of good and evil.

The equation for ego is: One over Knowledge.

Make yourself a master of perspective, then acquire perfect knowledge of the proportions of men and other animals.

It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.

Knowledge without devotion is like a stone in water.

I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles.

There are limits to self-indulgence none to self-restraint.

Everyone knew as much as they needed to know to be happy.

I am an ordinary person but carried to extremes.

If a person has wisdom, then he will also have the anointing. But sometimes a person with theanointing may not have much wisdom.

To persevere is one thing, but to push on ignoring your intuition is something quite different. Self-awareness is the practice of learning the difference.

If you cheat on reason with emotion you will go bankrupt.

Do not make yourself so big. You are not so small.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

First organize the inner, then organize the outer ... First organize the great, then organize the small. First organize yourself, and then organize others.

Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

It is monstrous that the feet should direct the head.

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

Leadership consists of character and strategy. If you can't have both, opt for character.