Balance Quotes

“Everything has
its own pace
its own timing.

True of working, studying, learning.
True of illness, sorrow, grief.
True of change, of transformation.
True of conflict.
True of peace.

You can't change the pace
without changing its nature,
changing the experience.
And the experience is its own end.

The end never justifies the means
because every means is its own end.

It's not just about you,
your natural pace,
it's about what you're doing
what's being done
butterfly effects
over miles and years.

The river will not be pushed.
The rain will not cease until it has finished pouring down.
The sun will not rise before dawn.

This is where we are.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Setting boundaries is easy...
Holding boundaries is what's hard.

But then, over time, something miraculous happens.
You set the boundary, you do what you need to do,
and you immediately feel lighter, freer, less burdened--
not every time, not with every person--
but with some people every time--
and with every person sometimes--
and a new habit forms
of doing it in a way that works better for you
and not making yourself suffer for that.

I love feeling that I've made a good decision
for myself,
for the situation,
for the long-range outcome.”
― Shellen Lubin

“It isn't necessarily easy.
It isn't necessarily fun.
But sometimes it's all you can do.
Wait.
Gracefully.
Wait.
With patience.
Wait.
Without making yourself and everyone else
miserable and edgy while you do.”
― Shellen Lubin

“In our own variation of the KonMari method of cleaning out (focus on what you want to keep, let the rest go with gratitude), we have created our own rules of weeding out from all we have accumulated (of ours and others) over our various lives and lifetimes. They are:

1. Focus on what to keep (instead of what not to keep).
2. Is it growing mold? (Was it once fresh and yummy, but is no longer?)
3. Let it go with gratitude (whether giving it away, selling it, or throwing it out).
4. You can always take a picture (if you want to remember it).
5. Do we want our kids to have to go through it (after we're gone)?

It makes a difference, thinking about it this way.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Everything has
its own pace
its own timing.

True of working, studying, learning.
True of illness, sorrow, grief.
True of change, of transformation.
True of conflict.
True of peace.

You can't change the pace.”
― Shellen Lubin

“The end never justifies the means
because every means is its own end.”
― Shellen Lubin

“Everything in the universe is kept stable by balance, lack of which is the indirect cause of all chaos.”
― Abhi-The INFJ Writer

“I know the sun made me see it and the moon made me do it, so I calibrate the connection between the masculine and feminine”
― Leo Lourdes, A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being

“Work-life balance is the wrong word, life should weigh more than work, or say life-work mix.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Rep By Rep

“Through Brahma Yoga, you become the perfect balance of opposites”
― Leo Lourdes, A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being

“The true hunter does not exist to hunt, he exists to fulfill the relationships he has with the world, with the land, his family, his dreams and whatever he is doing at that moment. When the hunter achieves balance, he finds what he is hunting for, and the moment when the photo is captured, the arrow released, is like letting out breath – it is inevitable, effortless.”
― Carlisle Rogers, The Philosophy of Travel

“When your heart is looking for something, there is another one in this world whose life is an answer to your question.”
― Inessa Kraft

“Sometimes all you can do is wait.
Sometimes you have to
just
keep your distance,
let other people do what they have to do,
figure things out for themselves.
Sometimes all you can do is
let things play out
the way they need to.”
― Shellen Lubin

“We are trying to balance a house of cards on a windy day.”
― Dipti Dhakul

“Planet Earth shelters millions of species. Myriad species have already gone extinct and yet, putting trust in the theory of evolution, we can expect many more species to come into existence in the future. Humans, like any other species, are just a by-product of an extremely long and eternal evolutionary process.”
― Shivanshu K. Srivastava

“Humans, like any other species, are just a by-product of an extremely long and eternal evolutionary process.”
― Shivanshu K. Srivastava

“Our bodies are made of water, earth, wind, fire, and ether (emptiness). If the elements are organised and managed well, there will be health and balance. The body will not complain and will be a valuable tool for the hopefully hundred years we are here.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“We are part animal, and that part of us needs to function well. Otherwise, when we add the higher parts to our animal base, the latter will stress with the weight. The body is not a goal in itself, but it is the medium that makes it possible for us to be here.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“The dark times are as valuable as the light. It’s a balance. It needs to be approached in the right way; not wished away, ignored, or merely endured with patience, but acknowledged and appreciated for what it is.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“In dancing one keeps taking a step and recovering one’s balance. The risk is a part of the rhythm. One steps out of and into balance; one keeps on doing it, and step by step the mass of the body moves about. But the action is more fun and the risk increases when the dancers step to a rhythmic beat of music. Then the pulse of the downbeat can lift the dancer as he takes a step, it can carry him through the air for a moment;”
― Edwin Denby, Dance Writings and Poetry

“Gli Dei delle Stelle crearono tre Mondi, tre realtà parallele e distanti tra loro, nel tempo e nello spazio, ma legate in modo indissolubile, mondi in cui tutti gli esseri potevano vivere in pace e armonia, tra loro e con la terra che popolavano.
Gli Dei delle Stelle avevano grande sapienza, conoscevano tutti i segreti dell'universo, sicuramente crearono altri mondi e altri esseri in realtà sconosciute, ma questo è un discorso che ci porterebbe troppo lontano…”
― E.C. Bröwa, Nel mondo del tempo

“If the time was not sufficient, well and good; let the job be resumed another dat.”
― Richard E. Byrd, Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure

“If the time was not sufficient, well and good; let the job be resumed another day.”
― Richard E. Byrd, Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure

“To fully step into self-love and acknowledge the intricacies of love, we must be aware of who we are, what we want, and the positives and negatives of the love we have in our lives.”
― Jack Rasmussen, Yin Yang: The Elusive Symbol That Explains the World

“But here's the deal, using the word 'magic' means you don't get it yet...Nothing is magic, and everything is.”
― Garrett Godsey, The Rivener

“But there is poetry in that rage. Don't fight it. Learn its embrace. Love both parts of yourself. The light and the dark.”
― Garrett Godsey, The Rivener

“Who plays the Song of Songs upon the Hills of Dream? It is said Love is that need-player, for There is no song like his. But today I saw one, on these still garths of shadow and silence, who put a hollow reed to his lips and played a white spell of beauty. Then I knew Love and Sorrow to be one, as in the old myth of Oengus of the White Birds and The Grey Shadows.”
― Fiona Macleod, Where the Forest Murmurs : Nature Essays by Fiona Macleod

“There is a beautiful balance that comes with embracing femininity.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future

“Men need female counterparts to balance and civilize them.”
― Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future

“At some point the road of life turned unexpectedly rugged and the ascent steepened sharply. And at this juncture where darkness descended and wonder died, I sensed that the child-side of myself would certainly perish should it be forced to press on. Therefore, I left it at some ill-defined place as I assumed its temperament ill-suited to what lay ahead and therefore its role concluded. But after a distance of some decades I suddenly realized that the child-side of myself lent perspective to the journey so that the ruggedness of the road and sharpness of the ascent seemed far less of both. And therefore, I walked back up the road to find the child within me so that I could better walk the road in front of me.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough