Quotes About Balance

Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in essence to frame the season. Football? Not so much.

Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.

All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore them, anymore than I can afford to neglect my precious wife--nor the sweet mother Earth that births and holds us all. Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.

You understand... just what the Taoists mean when they say that soft is stronger than hard.

which is 1.5 squares.

She is the swelling sail, trim rigging and bust sunlit deck of our matrimonial yacht. I am the low hull, with the invisible ballast and keel.

That is why our arts and sciences cannot improve the world, despite what liberal philanthropists say. Our vast new scientific skills are first used by the damnably greedy selfish impatient parts of our nature and nation, the careful kindly social part always comes second.

It is, but we can only help people by giving less than we take away from them. We enlarge the oasis by increasing the desert. That is the science of time and housekeeping. Some call it economics.

I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut

Love is a better master than duty.

Out of clutter, find simplicity.

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

The human spirit must prevail over technology.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Success = 1 part work + 1 part play + 1 part keep your mouth shut

If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.

We are all life trying to live, among other life trying to live.