Quotes about Balance

If we are aware of our lifestyle, our way of consuming, of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment we are alive.

While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.

Some people think that in order to be happy they must avoid all suffering, and so they are constantly vigilant, constantly worrying. They end up sacrificing all their spontaneity, freedom, and joy.

Whether we are in the city, the countryside, or the wilderness, we need to sustain ourselves by choosing our surroundings carefully and nourishing our awareness in each moment.

You end up sacrificing quality time with family and friends, and you end up sacrificing time with yourself. Often you even sacrifice your health.

Love can bring us happiness and peace as long as we love in such a way that we don't make a net to confine ourselves and others. We can tell the correct way to love because, when we love correctly, we don't create more suffering.

We need a small space where we can take care of our nervous system and restore our tranquility and peace.

You have two gardens: your own garden and that of your beloved. First, you have to take of your own garden and master the art of gardening.

The problem is not one of being wrong or right, but one of being more or less skillful.

Justice... is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.

I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.

Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.