Balanced life Quote by Thomas Merton

The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of contemporary violence. To allow oneself to be carried…

— Thomas Merton

“William James, in his “Talks to Teachers,” derided that “ceaseless frenzy” in which we always feel that we “should be doing something else.” The…

— Ernest Kurtz

“When we stop pushing we realize that it was all for habit, fear, envy, or greed. In the calmness after the strife we often…

— Joan Marques

“CALMNESS of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.”

— James Allen

Enthusiasm produces the most cruel disorders in human society; but its fury is like that of thunder and tempest, which exhaust themselves in a…

— David Hume

“It’s when we stop and think that we rediscover the courage, wit, compassion, imagination, delight, frustration, discovery, and devotion that work can provoke—in short,…

— Margaret Heffernan

“We sensible often resist intrusive love and its chaos practically, employing measures to prevent the former for fear of the latter. But for all…

— Tiffany Madison

“When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil.”

— Bryant McGill

“Enrage against laziness of the brain. Occupy your mind continuously with the most luminous passions hidden within you.”

— Klaudio Marashi

It is a mighty error to suppose that none but violent and strong passions, such as love and ambition, are able to vanquish the…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Only internal bliss is perpetual, nothing else is created to last”

— Carl Henegan

It is a mistake to imagine, that the violent passions only, such as ambition and love, can triumph over the rest. Idleness, languid as…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld