Quotes about Balance

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

What does reason demand of a man A very easy thing: to live in accord with his nature.

My concern is, How do we deal with evil without becoming it? If we aren't careful, our "justice" can be as bad as the crime itself. Yet

There is a place for good food and beautiful art; what matters is who you share it with. What's just as important as what you eat is who you are eating with. One of my favorite sayings these days is "Simple living does not mean ugly living." We can live in ways that are simple and responsible—and beautiful.

That's why we give people fish, and also teach people to fish, and then also do something about who owns the pond. These all have to go together like a tripod or a three-legged stool. Without one leg, the stool get a little wobbly and out of balance. Charity workers need to also have a vision for justice. And justice workers need to keep their feet on the streets of injustice.

We always have to be careful that in exposing one truth we don't cover up another. Or

What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.

The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

Ecology is a dirty seven-letter word to many people. They are like heavy sleepers refusing to be aroused. "Leave me alone! It's not time to get up yet!"

It is not greedy to enjoy a good dinner, any more than it is to enjoy a good concert. But I do think there is something greedy about trying to enjoy the dinner and the concert at the same time.