Quotes about Equilibrium

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

The extreme of right is the extreme of wrong.

By the mean of the thing I denote a point equally distant from either extreme, which is one and the same for everybody; by the mean relative to us, that amount which is neither too much nor too little, and this is not one and the same for everybody.

There is no such thing as observing a mean in excess or deficiency, nor as exceeding or falling short in observance of a mean.

From whence it is evident, that those who seek for what is just, seek for a mean; now law is a mean.

The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded each sacrifice is made up every debt is paid.

The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially, the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate.

It is not the empty cup that we have difficulty in carrying; it is the cup full to the brim that must be carefully balanced.

Don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you're good, bad things can still happen. And if you're bad, you can still be lucky.

Admitting the weighty problems and staggering disappointments, Christianity affirms that God is able to give us the power to meet them. He is able to give us inner equilibrium to stand tall amid the trials and burdens of life. He is able to provide inner peace amid our outer storms.

The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual.

One can even say that we require at all times a certain quantity of care or sorrow or want, as a ship requires ballast, in order to keep on a straight course.