“Do you, like a skilful weigher, put into the balance the pleasures and the pains, near and distant, and weigh them, and then say which outweighs the other? If you weigh pleasures against pleasures, you of course take the more and greater; or if you weigh pains against pains, then you choose that course of action in which the painful is exceeded by the pleasant, whether the distant by the near or the near by the distant; and you avoid that course of action in which the pleasant is exceeded by the painful.” IfsActionPainCoursesPleasureGreaterBalancePainfulPleasantYou Choose Book:The Works of Plato: Charmides, Lysis, Other Dialogues and the Laws Source: The Works of Plato: Charmides, Lysis, Other Dialogues and the Laws
“We forgive, if we are wise, not for the other person, but for ourselves. We forgive, not to erase a wrong, but to relieve the residue of the wrong that is alive within us. We forgive because it is less painful than holding on to resentment. We forgive because without it we condemn ourselves to repeating endlessly the very trauma or situation that hurt us so. We forgive because ultimately it is the smartest action to take on our own behalf. We forgive because it restores to us a sense of inner balance.” IfsPersonsActionHurtSituationWiseAliveBalanceForgivenessForgivingPainfulTraumaResentmentBehalfHolding OnErase Author:Tian Dayton
“I like writing and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what I think is my creative habit. It varies, but I do know that I need to continue. It helps me with my acting, and the writing helps me be invested in a different way.” ThinkingKnowsWayNeedsWritingTryingStillsDifferentHelpingPainEnjoyActingCreativeHabitBalancePainfulDifferent WaysHelp MeVary Author:Gbenga Akinnagbe
“There's a balance and I feel very, very strong and very, very fit at the moment. There's no - touch wood - niggles at the moment, there's nothing that's twinging or nothing that's too painful. Apart from a bit of chafing from the wetsuit!” FeelsMomentsStrongBitsBalanceFitPainfulWoodsVery StrongChafing Author:Greg James
“I stay out of the sun, and if I'm in the sun, I'm wearing SPF. I protect my skin as much as I can; I learned that a long time ago. I also exercise every day and I get the endorphins going. It's important not only for my physical self but also for my mental self and my emotional self. I'm healthy, I eat well most of the time, I take care of myself and I drink a lot of water. But I also enjoy myself. Taking care of yourself doesn't have to be painful, it's about finding the right balance, I think.” ThinkingLongImportantCareEnjoyWaterEmotionalBalanceExerciseDrinkHealthyProtectSkinsPainfulTake CareTake Care Of Yourself Author:Amanda Seyfried
“Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy. He knows there's a painful side; he knows my thumb smarts and his girlfriend has a bruised breast and the doctor is losing his glasses, but he won't let the pain blot out the humor no more'n he'll let the humor blot out the pain.” KnowsWorldRunningPainSidesHurtLaughingCrazyBalanceSmartLosingDoctorsGlassesPainfulGirlfriendBreastsThumbsBruised Book:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest