Quotes About Equilibrium

There's light and dark in all things, you know?

There is measure in all things.

Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man?s door, Embittering all his state.

Consistency: How concerned is this person with consistency? Does this person care about whether stated beliefs, attitudes, and actions are consistent with one another? If so, how can one help this person deal with any inconsistencies? Stance on conflict: How much is this person bothered by the give-and-take of argument? Does this person like to match wits, or is it preferable to avoid sharp exchanges? If one has gone too far, how does one restore calm or equilibrium?

He recognized with authentic realism that anyone who permits another to determine the quality of his inner life gives into the hands of the other the keys to his destiny. If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection. It is a man's reaction to things that determines their ability to exercise power over him.

Work and rest are one entity.

There's plenty of symmetry in revenge, but no virtue.

Happiness comes from... some curious adjustment to life.

Good will and ill will are just two sides of the same card...

The mind naturally seeks harmony when presented with two opposing principles.

Even if one turns away from harmony for just one night, suffering ensues.

Take everything in moderation, including moderation.

Life: sometimes the man on the saddle, sometimes the saddle on the man.

La vida: algunas veces, el hombre sobre la montura; algunas veces, la montura sobre el hombre.

El fruto de la timidez no es ni ganancia ni pérdida.

Give and Take The Chief takes less than he is given And gives more than he has taken.

for us no difference between reading eating singing making love not one thing or the other

Our body teaches us that health lies in balance and harmony, rather than in conflict and fighting.

Perpetual optimism is a force leveler

To go too far is as bad as not to go far enough.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

But I have vertigo... I lose my equilibrium easily. I can lean out to look at something and just keep leaning and not realize I'm about to fall.