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- There is always going to be pain. There is always going to be pleasure. But what is not always going to be there is balance,…
- Balance is to choose happiness, to feel that the purpose of life is to love, not necessarily to be loved, to be happy, to be…
- In order to effectively interlock with higher spheres of mind and attention, you must have tremendous balance and control. You learn that it is more…
- Have the right attitude in advanced practice. Feel that you are always a beginner in Zen. They refer to it as "beginners mind". I feel…
- In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance…
- Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.
- When you're happy it's pretty tough to knock you over. You can handle whatever comes along in life.
- Keep your sense of humor. Stay funny.
- A person with power has control of their emotions. A person with power can stop fear, stop depression, or they can augment a positive emotion.
- Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are afraid, instead of just plunging into panic, laugh. The fear…
- To love is to be balanced, to extend one's self beyond the sense of self.
- A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they…
- There is something beyond power. The totality of one's being. Some call it nirvana. We have a higher destiny. Before you can scratch the surface,…
- Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and indulgent.
- If suddenly you get depressed, it doesn't have to throw you. You can push those emotions aside. You can cultivate happy emotions or become emotionless…
- There's no point in getting frustrated at yourself. Just be truthful.
- Sometimes in life, we have to go backward a certain distance in order to go forwards. If we have conflicts within ourselves that we have…
- If you are doing that which is within you, what that part of you that is beyond body would like you to do, then you…
- It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life and make it…
- Balance is the most important of all qualities. We don't want a little bit of rapid growth and then to stagnate. We want continual growth,…
- Spiritual balance is the principle that allows the mind to be still. You cannot expect the world to settle down, everything to work out, in…
- Spiritual balance is the ability to remain happy, to not be hostile to your neighbor when they are being hostile, and not to get caught…
- Learning how to be agreeable is the key to learning self-control.
- If you can be agreeable to each and every person or situation with which you come into contact - no matter how "difficult" it is…
- It is better to agree with a "wrong" idea than to press a "right" idea on other people.
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