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Balanced Quotes (page 21)

Erik Erikson quote: "The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner..."
The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play. Erik Erikson
Keith Urban quote: "Life is a balance of holding on and letting go."
Life is a balance of holding on and letting go. Keith Urban
The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul? Oscar Wilde
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a..."
To lose balance sometimes for love is part of living a balancedlife. Elizabeth Gilbert
She felt faintly embarrassed by the sheer profusion of things she had for putting in baths, but she was for some reason incapable of passing any chemist’s or herb shop without going in to be seduced by some glass-stoppered bottle of something blue or green or orange or oily that was supposed to restore the natural balance of some vague substance she didn’t even know she was supposed to have in her pores. Douglas Adams
And this accident came about...?"Through nature's unpredictability not man's incapacity. No errors were committed in our maneuvers. Nevertheless, we can't prevent a loss of balance from taking its toll. One may defy human laws, but no one can withstand the laws of nature. Jules Verne
He knew that he was the stuff of which fanatics and madmen are made and that he had turned his destiny as if with his bare will. He kept himself upright on a very narrow line between madness and emptiness and when the time came for him to lose his balance he intended to lurch toward emptiness and fall on the side of his choice. Flannery O'Connor
Stephenie Meyer quote: "Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal..."
Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain to balance it out on some unknown scale. Stephenie Meyer
Although the natural rights inherent in our( Constitutional) regime are adequate to the solution of this ( minority) problem...the equal protection of the law did not protect a man from contempt and hatred as a Jew, an Italian or a Black"..." 'Openness' was designed to provide a respectable place for those groups or minorities--to wrest respect from those who were disposed to give it--This breaks the delicate balance between majority and minority in Constitutional thought. In such a... Allan Bloom
I, Alex Cross do solemnly promise-to all those present at this birthday party- to do my best to balance my life at home with my work, life, and not to go over to the dark side ever again. James Patterson
Randolph," he said, "do you know something? I'm very happy." To which his friend made no reply. The reason for this happiness seemed to be simply that he did not feel unhappy; rather, he knew all through him a kind of balance. There was little for him to cope with. Truman Capote
So here I am, my affections torn between a postal service that never feeds me but can tackle a challenge and one that gives me free tape and prompt service but won't help me out when I can't remember a street name. The lesson to draw from this, of course, is that when you move from one country to another you have to accept that there are some things that are better and some things worse, and there is nothing you can do about it. That may not be the profoundest of insights to take away from a... Bill Bryson
Carlos Castaneda quote: "The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the..."
The aim is to balance the terror of being alive with the wonder of being alive. Carlos Castaneda
Jonathan Franzen quote: "For every reader who dies today, a viewer is born, and we seem..."
For every reader who dies today, a viewer is born, and we seem to be witnessing . . . the final tipping balance. Jonathan Franzen
Charles Francis Adams was singular for mental poise? absence of self-assertion or self-consciousness? the faculty of standing apart without seeming aware that he was alone? a balance of mind and temper that neither challenged nor avoided notice, nor admitted question of superiority or inferiority, of jealousy, of personal motives, from any source, even under great pressure. Henry B. Adams

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