Mental Balance Quotes

We all have times that we get off center.

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.

Fear and impatience demagnetize. Poise magnetizes.

I am mentally bifocal.

I just always felt really confident, comfortable, and free as a kid - I understood what it was like to feel powerful and strong without having any negative connotation early on. And even to this day, I feel in tune with my body. I can sense when I get out of balance.

I take drugs just because in the 20th century in a technological age living in the city there are certain drugs you have to take just to keep yourself normal like a caveman. Just to bring yourself up or down, but to attain equilibrium you need to take certain drugs. They don't getcha high even, they just getcha normal.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

When mind, body, and spirit are in harmony, happiness is the natural result.

I find that a small sacrifice such as switching off my phone and blocking out work helps me stay balanced.

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.

I do expect a lot from myself, but it's also a balance of being... positive and also pushing yourself.

My family keeps me grounded.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

A mind should not be so open that the brains fall out; however, it should not be so closed that whatever gray matter which does reside may not be reached.

Without madness what is man But a wholesome beast, Postponed corpse that begets?

Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat.

I live in Hollywood. Go three feet and you will run into someone more cut and better looking than me. For me, working out is more about keeping my temperament great. Jujitsu and lifting keep me very even.

When I'm working and I eat healthily all week, then I give myself one day - usually Sunday - when I eat just what I want. You have to; otherwise, your mind goes a little nutso.

I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

There's so much to benefit from being able to control your mind in certain situations and it just keeps you even-keel all the time when things are going well and when they're not. That's one thing that I've always had a bit of a tough time doing. When I get up, I get excited. When I'm down, I get pretty frustrated.

I've never met a well-adjusted person. It's weird.

When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.