1,862 Quotes About Balance

Perhaps revenge might be considered the opposite of altruism. Whereas the latter leaves a human interaction lopsided, vengeance demands a strict balancing of the equation. An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth.

People shouldn't have everything they want. No one is entitled to their every desire. To live in balance, we must willingly decide not to take all that we can from the world, and from others.

We have to be as strong as we are sensitive, as intelligent as we are feeling, and as logical as we are creative.

Societal civility is the extension and expansion of individual gallantry: it’s all about—or ought to be about—balance and restraint

A compleat gentleman seeks a harmonious union of body and soul, and if his will—his soul—is strong then his body ought to be strong as well.

If you don’t care about having a bond with your child in their formative years, don’t call them crazy when they fail to care that you’re aging. We are all aging all the time. Don’t be mad when the scales balance.

Without the light, no chance; without the dark, no dance.

you might not get it right the first few decades of your life, but one day, if you keep seeking, your path will show itself

We need to be those that revere Apollo, yet do not ignore Dionysus. We must give Dionysus his due, but always in a subordinate sense to Apollo. As things stand, we live in a primitive Dionysian world where Apollo scarcely gets a look in. We need an Apollonian world by day (work hard, intelligently, rationally and logically) and a Dionysian world by night (play hard, satisfying our deepest needs in sublimated, ritualistic, and staged ways, avoiding the horror of the untamed, bestial Dionysian).