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Balance Quotes
"Nurture a balanced perspective and don't "sweat the small stuff."
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"There is legitimate pleasure, which is not wrong, but we are not to become so preoccupied with its activities that it takes the place of God."
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"Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tenderness."
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"In the West, we are very goal oriented. We know where we want to go, and we are very directed in getting there. This may be useful, but often we forget to enjoy ourselves along the route."
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"Ambition or contentment? This simple question led me back to a more balanced view of life and put me in touch with the Me I used to know..."
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"When you cry and laugh at the same time, you have reached a state of balance."
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"In the modern world, however, love has another enemy more dangerous than religion, and that is the gospel of work and economic success. It is generally held, especially in America, that a man should not allow love to interfere with his career, and that if he does, he is silly. But in this as in all human matters a balance is necessary."
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"Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness."
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"W might 'conquer' nature if we could first, or at the same time, conquer our own nature, though we do not see that human nature and 'outside' nature are all of a piece."
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"Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers."
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"It's highly refined stuff-holding to one's purpose and focus, but also intuiting the value of being a piece in a larger design and evolution. The balance between these two rhythms is where and when true harmony is achieved and magic happens. Often, just the release of the obsession for personal preferences and to personally gain opens the door."
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"There is a law of opposition apparent in all life which guarantees balance and fullness."
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"We live here for five to fifty years (in this world, in the relative) and we are searching for beautiful houses there, while where we have to live permanently (moksha; in the Real, Self), there is no work being done for it; and no one is even inquiring about that (place). The world is baseless/disorderly. 'Do something for here and do something for there'. We are not saying not to do anything for here. Do both. Don't you have two hands?"
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"God has said for us to know bad, as bad and good, as good. But while knowing the bad, there should not be the slightest abhorrence towards it and while knowing the good, there should not be slightest attachment towards it. Without knowing bad, as bad, the good cannot be known as good."
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"The pleasure is there, between your expectations and regrets."
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"Black is the absence of all color. White is the presence of all colors. I suppose life must be one or the other. On the whole, though, I think I would prefer color to its absence. But then black does add depth and texture to color. Perhaps certain shades of gray are necessary to a complete palette. Even unrelieved black. Ah, a deep philosophical question. Is black necessary to life, even a happy life? Could we ever be happy if we did not at least occasionally experience misery?"
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"Always take some of the play, fun, freedom and wonder of the weekend into your week & your work."
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"Don't be too busy climbing the ladder of success and forget your most cherished relationships (friends, family, spouse, etc). EnjoyLife!"
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"Our lives are a picture of being overwhelmed by all kind of things going on in our lives and around us."
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"My brothers and sisters prayers and faith in God does not negate professionalism and dignity of labour."
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"If the sun shone for itself, it would be blinded by its own light; if a river flowed for itself, it would be drowned by its own weight."
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"Balance is the secret of reaching the far places!"
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"Skill + hard work = SuccessSkill + hard work + prayer = Great success"
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"Don't always deprive yourself trying to please others."
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"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)."
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"The sea, no matter how endless, depends on rivers."
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"Spiritual highs help you overcome emotional lows."
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"She tried to think about what lay ahead, but soon gave up. 'Words turn into stone,' Nimit had told her. She settled deep into her seat and closed her eyes. All at once the image came to her of the sky she had seen while swimming on her back. And Erroll Garner's 'I'll Remember April.' Let me sleep, she thought. Just let me sleep. And wait for the dream to come."
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