Quotes About Balance

Grave this on your memory, lad: A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

strive for flow-permanence within….

all things/cells/beings are impermanent . . . strive for flow-permanence within. . .

Oamenii o duc cel mai bine când fiecare îÈ™i are locul s?u, când fiecare È™tie ce reprezint? el în rânduiala lucrurilor È™i ce poate înf?ptui. Distruge acest loc È™i vei distruge individul.

The moons will be your friends, the sun your enemy.

Radikali uvijek sve promatraju previše pojednostavljeno - crno i bijelo, dobro i zlo, oni i mi. Razmišljaju?i tako, oni otvaraju vrata kaosu. Vještina vladanja, kako ti to zoveš, jest upravljanje kaosom.

To stay awake all night adds a day to your life," Stilgar said

study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.

Less is more only when more is too much.

Building becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful, to put concordance, sympathy with nature, and all that into it. Then you have architecture.

No one is so busy they can't take time to make a decent cup of tea and if you are that busy you don't deserve a decent cup of tea for what is it all about anyway? Are we put in this world to be busy or to chat over a nice cup of tea?

An old man dies, a young woman lives. Fair trade.

Because if you don't know how to manage time, time can rule you like a tyrant.

Music without the ebb and flow would be like watching a film with only good guys in it.

Çok fazla kitap, çok az zaman...

Atâtea c?rÈ›i, atât de puÈ›in timp.

A wise man, once he is past fifty, does not befuddle his senses with strong drink, nor make violent love in the cool spring night, nor dance on his hands.

For myself I am too heavy, and for you too light.

I'm thinking only of my illness and my health, though both, the first as well as the second, are you.

One has either to take people as they are, or leave them as they are. One cannot change them, one can merely disturb their balance. A human being, after all, is not made up of single pieces, from which a single piece can be taken out and replaced by something else.

Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.

In the struggle between yourself and the world, second the world. (Im Kampf zwischen Dir und der Welt, sekundiere der Welt)