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"As with most things in life, a healthy balance will keep us on the right path. To avoid too much eye contact or too little, seek to create a comfortable mix. It is generally encouraged to use more eye contact when you are listening and less when you are speaking."
"The absolute value of being neutral is zero."
"There is a law of opposition apparent in all life which guarantees balance and fullness."
"This whole life is an art of knowing when to sit and when to stand up!"
"Equanimity means that one does not do abhorrence at the time of abhorrence (generating incidents) and one does not do attachment at the time of attachment (generating incidents)."
Explore more quotes by Irving Babbitt
"Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power."
"We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration."
"Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful."
"If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying."
"The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism."
"If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism."
"The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards."
"Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution."
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