Quotes about Balance

I agree with you, that in Politicks the Middle Way is none at all.

Every project has been found to be no better than committing the lamb to the custody of the wolf, except that one which is called a balance of power.

I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.

Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none.

The providence of God, I grant, does not indeed preclude the faithful from caring for themselves; but let them do it in such a way, that they may not overstep their prescribed bounds.

For this is spiritual sobriety, when we use this world so sparingly and temperately that we are not entangled with its allurements.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.

Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity

If they be so two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixed foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other dar doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect, as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like the other foot, obliquely run; Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end, where I begun.

I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn't know much about living.

Dear, don't think of getting out of bed yet. I've always suspected that early rising in early life makes one nervous.