Quotes about Balance

We have a duty to meet our spouse in their need. Correspondingly, we also have a Christian duty not to demand too much of our spouse.

We're not married in a carefree garden of Eden; we're married in the midst of many responsibilities that compete for our energy.

for now I'm just throwing it out there and asking you to at least consider that romantic attraction, as wonderful and as emotionally intoxicating as it can be, can actually lead you astray as much as it can help you. I'm not talking it down; "connecting" with someone on that level is a wonderful thing. Enjoy it, revel in it, even write a song about it if you want, but don't bet your life on it.

Everyone should learn to do one thing supremely well because he likes it, and one thing supremely well because he detests it.

In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state.

Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.

When the opponent expand, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And, when there is an opportunity, I do not hit - it hits all by itself.

True mastery transcends any particular art. It stems from mastery of oneself--the ability, developed through self-discipline, to be calm, fully aware, and completely in tune with oneself and the surroundings. Then, and only then, can a person know himself.