The balance of nature is not a status quo; it is fluid, ever-shifting, and in a constant state of adjustment. Man, too, is part of this balance.
Balance Of Nature Quotes
1. “The famous balance of nature is the most extraordinary of all cybernetic systems. Left to itself, it is always self-regulated.”
— Joseph Wood Krutch
2. “Although the patriarchal ego prides itself on being reasonable, the twentieth century has been anything but the Age of Reason. In our collective neurosis, we have raped the earth, disrupted the delicate balance of nature, and created phallic missiles of mass destruction.”
— Marion Woodman
3. “The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, and self-cleansing. Not so with technology.”
— E. F. Schumacher
4. “I have learned from nature that all are equal… all are equal and in balance. I see everything as fitting together.”
— Joseph Raffael
5. “I keep returning to the combination of artichoke, broad beans, and lemon. The freshness of young beans and the lemon juice ‘lifts’ the artichoke and balances its hearty nature.”
— Yotam Ottolenghi
6. “The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature’s precarious balance, let alone the balance of our own human nature.”
— Diane Ackerman
7. “The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, and disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn’t been able to keep up.”
— Andrew J. Bernstein
8. “There is a history of gay people pretending to be straight. I want to balance the sides. I’m a straight person pretending to be gay. I’ve had a lot of people to imitate. It’s easy when you’re British; we’re camping by nature, anyway.”
— Robbie Williams
9. “Whenever a new technology is introduced into society, there must be a counterbalancing human response – that is, high touch – or the technology is rejected… We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature.”
— John Naisbitt
10. “Sleep has been provided by nature to do the body’s healing work, and it takes seven or eight hours for this process to happen. Commit to getting at least seven to eight hours of good quality sleep every night to keep your body and hormones in balance.”
— Suzanne Somers
11. “Wolves … is a balance wheel of nature.”
— Lois Crisler
12. “Herbalism is a religion of nature, representing a balance of head and heart.”
— Michael Tierra
13. “Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ.”
— Oswald Chambers
14. “The final principle of natural farming is NO PESTICIDES. Nature is in perfect balance when left alone.”
— Masanobu Fukuoka
15. “An economy without ecology means managing the human-nature relationship without knowing the delicate balance between humankind and the natural world.”
— Satish Kumar
16. “What is commonly called a pest is nature’s way of bringing back into balance an imbalance that man has created.”
— Alan Chadwick
17. “From dawn to dusk, winter to spring, and summer & to autumn; the contrasts of nature refresh the mind & renew our sense of balance.”
— Phil Harding
18. “Throughout history, every period of enlightenment has been accompanied by darkness, pushing in opposition. Such are laws of nature and balance.”
— Dan Brown
19. “Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.”
— Zadie Smith
20. “No matter how much it gets abused, the body can restore balance. The first rule is to stop interfering with nature.”
— Deepak Chopra
21. “My life’s very nature, we are compelled to find and maintain balance, or be subject to the symptoms of the lack thereof.”
— Wes Fesler
22. “It’s really important to have balance, spend some time in nature, go to a few parties, enjoy my friends, and really chill out.”
— Joakim Noah
23. “If we once, and for so long, lived in balance with nature and each other, we should be able to do so again.”
— John Zerzan
24. “I felt empowered by him as if his very existence manipulated the balance of my nature from a shy little girl to a wonderful woman.”
— Kellie Thacker
25. “Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs – Yin and Yang, right and wrong, men and women; what’s pleasure without pain?”
— Angelina Jolie
26. “Diversity creates harmony, and harmony creates beauty, balance, bounty, and peace in nature and society, in agriculture and culture, in science, and in politics.”
— Vandana Shiva
27. “Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
28. “The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry that guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency.”
— Herbert Read
