Quotes about Balance

The root idea of Sabbath is simple as rain falling, basic as breathing. It's that all living things—and many nonliving things too— thrive only by an ample measure of stillness.

Most of us spend more time with advertisements than with Scripture.

So that's the balance that we want to see—honesty, urgency, and joy. Honesty and urgency with no joy gives us a grim determination (read Philippians). Honesty and joy with no urgency gives us a carelessness about time (read 2 Peter). And urgency and joy with no honesty leads us into distorted claims about immediate benefits of the gospel (read 1 Peter).

if you can't take a nap, if you can't take a day off, heaven's going to drive you nuts.

Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more - restful.

One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket.

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.

Ecology is often confused with environmentalism, while in fact, environmentalism often leaves out the fact that people, too, can be a legitimate part of an ecosystem.

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity.