balance

The best and safest thing is to keep
a balance in your life, acknowledge
the great powers around us and in us.
If you can do that, and live that way,
you are really a wise person.

Euripides

To live in a harmonious balance of commitments
and pleasures is what I strive for.

Jane Rule

We in the West don't think much in terms of balance,
and obviously we should. Even the very thought of an
exquisite union and balance of all our forces, both
physical and mental, has a gentle, hopeful ring
to it. . . . All of us must find a bridge between our
physical and spiritual parts. When that balance is
achieved, what a happy comfort for ourselves!

Edward J. Lavin

We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium
in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.

Francis Braceland

One of the things I find fascinating about God’s creation is the way he seems to temper the negative environmental elements with corresponding positive ones. For instance, without the nearly ceaseless rains of the northwest, no incomparable green scenery would greet the eye from all directions.
And the snow that snuggles atop Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. St. Helens would not exist if, at lower elevations, there were no rain. . . . God’s creative style ensures that something wonderful will offset something less than wonderful. In everything God seems to be balanced.

Marilyn Meberg

Life is often messy, uncertain, and unpredictable. Sometimes it's a string
of troubles that seem to never end. That's normal. Ups and downs
are normal. Being ill on occasion is normal. Feeling peaceful and happy
are normal. Occasional low-energy days are normal. According to Chinese
medicine, it is accepted as natural that we fluctuate from being in balance
to being out of balance. Peace of mind comes from not attaching a great
deal of significance to either state. We simply note our moods and
physical states and gently move toward balance as best we can,
accepting it all as part of the flow of life.

Charlotte Davis Kasl

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Learning not to grapple with every little thing that comes along
is quite a struggle for many of us. The eggs are too runny;
the coffee is not hot enough; the clothes don’t fit exactly perfectly.
Some of us have so fashioned our lives around perfecting the details
of the small stuff that we never catch a glimpse of the bigger picture.
We so distract our lives with details and convincing ourselves that
everything matters that we live out of harmony and out of balance.

Anne Wilson Schaef

Are you balanced? Do you share your time, your energy,
your life, as much with yourself as you do with those
around you?. . . . Know your limits. You are one of the
most important people you need to look after and love.
Balance your time, your energy, your life with those
around you. You'll be able to give more freely and joyfully
as a result, and you'll be more open to the gifts of
the universe. It's not wrong to give to others.
But it's okay to say yes to ourselves, too.

Melody Beattie

Fortunate indeed are the people who take exactly the right measure of themselves and hold a just balance between what they can acquire and what they can use.

Peter Latham

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.
It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

Thomas Kinkade

Live a balanced life--learn some and
think some and draw and paint and sing and
dance and play and work every day some.

Robert Fulghum

Balance in your life between work and your personal life is very important.
Without balance, you eventually burn out, negatively affecting your performance at work.

Byron Pulsifer

Balance is the perfect state of still water.
Let that be our model.
It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

Confucius

Living in balance and purity is the highest good for you and the earth.

Deepak Chopra

The cost of success will be too high if you chose not to lead a balanced life.

Linda Stryker

The Amish love the Sunshine and Shadow quilt pattern. It shows
two sides--the dark and light, spirit and form--and the challenge of
bringing the two into a larger unity. It's not a choice between
extremes: conformity or freedom, discipline or imagination,
acceptance or doubt, humility or a raging ego. It's a
balancing act that includes opposites.

Sue Bender

Balance is the key to my serenity. I attain balance by listening to my
inner wisdom and to the wisdom of others. There is no situation in which
I cannot find a point of balance. There is no circumstance in which I
cannot find inner harmony. As I ask to be led into equilibrium and clarity,
I will find that my answers come to me. I am wiser than I know, more capable
of right action and attitudes than I yet believe. In every event, I seek
the balance point of God's action through me.

Julia Cameron