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Balance Quotes


"The absolute value of being neutral is zero."


"In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light."


"You cannot truly know pleasure without pain. You cannot truly know strength without weakness. You cannot truly know joy without sorrow. You cannot truly know hope without despair."



"People are busy creating families, building businesses, working from morning until night but they don't know what it is to live a full life."



"But if everything was always smooth and perfect, you'd get too used to that, you know? You have to have a little bit of disorganization now and then. Otherwise, you'll never really enjoy it when things go right."


"We all encounter things that we can't perhaps change and that's OK because surely there are many other things that we can."


"Although it may serve you well, any strength or skill which is overused can become a limitation when it forces you to constantly be moving and looking for the next best thing. Distractions, interruptions, and incessantly chasing after the next golden ring can become the norm."


"We can only climb the mountains because there's a valley that makes the mountain a mountain."


"In the South American rainforest, there is a tribe called the Desana, who see the world as a fixed quantity of energy that flows between all creatures. Every birth must therefore engender a death, and every death brings forth another birth. This way, the energy of the world remains complete.When they hunt for food, the Desana know the animals they kill will leave a hole in the spiritual well. But that hole will be filled, they believe, by the Desana hunters when they die. Were there no men dying, there would be no birds or fish being born. I like this idea. Morrie likes it, too. The closer he gets to goodbye, the more he seems to feel we are all creatures in the same forest. What we take, we must replenish."It's only fair," he says."


"Achieve balance through the combined conscious states of the heart and mind."


"This whole life is an art of knowing when to sit and when to stand up!"


"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."


"If you move faster than the music, it will look strange; if you move slower than the music, it will look strange! Be like autumn leaves which follow exactly the rhythm of the wind!"


"Draw: For the most part, a draw occurs when it appears that neither side will win."



"The heart is like a woman, and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart."


"My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada."
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