Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled be surrounded by people I care about to share it with and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over on this day his ideal will die.

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

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.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance order rhythm and harmony.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance his narcissism and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

People with great gifts are easy to find but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.

The balance between freedom and security is a delicate one.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'

But if you can create an honorable livelihood where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Our culture is just a series of checks and balances. The whole idea that we're in a battle between tyranny and freedom - it's a series of pendulum swings.

It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

As a freelance writer I'd be asked to become an expert for various magazines on any subject whether food or wine or history or the life span of veterinarians. I was completely unschooled in any of these things.

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

For me food is all about balance. If you eat plenty of fruits vegetables and an appropriate amount of poultry fish and red meat that are sourced from good places you're doing well. It's important to make sure that the meat you're consuming is hormone-free.

The food pyramid is very complicated. It doesn't give you as much info in a quick glance as the plate does.

Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.

We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity salt imbalance and allergies.