Quotes about Balance

These two threads that run through our life—one pulling us into the world to achieve and make things happen, the other pulling us back from the world to nourish and replenish ourselves—can seem at odds, but in fact they reinforce each other.

Taoist philosophy, "Rest is prior to motion and stillness prior to action.

being connected in a shallow way to the entire world can prevent us from being deeply connected to those closest to us—including ourselves.

vivimos nuestras vidas con prisa, intentando encontrar y ahorrar tiempo, nos encontraremos siempre faltos de él, estresados y exhaustos. «Hacia

Casper] has an interesting origin story.. "We noticed that everyone was drinking green juice and working at standing desks to stay healthy and increase productivity, yet sleep was something that everyone sacrificed..Even worse: they bragged about how little they slept.

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world.

When we are all mind, things can get rigid.

The harder we press on a violin string, the less we can feel it. The louder we play, the less we hear.… If I "try" to play, I fail; if I race, I trip. The only road to strength is vulnerability. —STEPHEN NACHMANOVITCH

When we shrink our whole reality down to pending projects, when our life becomes our endless to-do list, it's difficult to put them aside each night and let ourselves fall asleep and connect with something deeper.

One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day

Both excess and defect are alike prejudicial to moral virtue.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.