balance Quotes (27)

“People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.”

“Spend not, where you may save; spare not, where you must spend.”

“Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.”

“Creative thinking should be viewed as an essential supplement to, though not a replacement for, critical thinking.”

“Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.”

“Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.”

“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.”

“Everything in excess is opposed to nature.”

“Be moderate in everything, including moderation.”

“Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.”

“Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.”

“Reason is not compatible with zeal run mad.”

“There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.”

“Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.”

“Providence provides but short horns for the fierce ox.”

“Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.”

“Nature abhors a vacuum.”

“Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.”

“The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.”

“Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.”

“Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.”

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

“If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”

“One never regrets acting with moderation.”

“Prepare for misfortune when you are happy.”

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature”