Quotes About Balance

He is a free and secure citizen of the world because he is on a chain that is long enough to allow him access to all parts of the earth, and yet not so long that he could be swept over the edge of it.

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.

I weigh my past against my future, but find them both admirable, cannot give either the preference, and find nothing to grumble at save the injustice of Providence that has so clearly favored me.

What are our lungs supposed to do? I shouted. Shouted: If they breathe fast they suffocate themselves from inner poisons; if they breathe slowly they suffocate from unbreathable air, from outraged things. But if they try to search for their own rhythm they perish from the mere search.

all that matters is that the wound fit the arrow

I am never serious, and therefore I have to make jokes do duty both for jest and earnest.

People under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins.

All right then, I'll be mad at you on this score, which incidentally is no great misfortune, as things balance out quite well if there's a little anger for you lurking in one corner of my heart.

La comparación del pájaro en mano y ciento volando sólo se puede aplicar aquí muy relativamente. En la mano no tengo nada, volando está todo y sin embargo -así lo determinan las condiciones del combate y las necesidades de la vida- tengo que elegir la nada.

For a man under suspicion movement is better than rest, for the man who is at rest can always, without knowing it, be on the scales being weighed together with his sins.

Justice has to be motionless or else the scales will waver that and there is no possibility of a correct judgement

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

This back and forth is getting worse all the time. At the office I live up to my outward duties, but not to my inner duties, and those unfulfilled duties grow into a permanent torment.

Forgive me for not having answered you right off, but I still have not developed the technique for making good use of my few hours; midnight comes apace, as now.

Huzur mu istiyorsun ? Az insan, az eÅŸya

Der wahre Weg geht über ein Seil, das nicht in der Höhe gespannt ist, sondern knapp über dem Boden. Es scheint mehr bestimmt stolpern zu machen, als begangen zu werden.

Sei insieme la quiete e la confusione del mio cuore.

Z k?amstwa robi si? istot? porz?dku ?wiata.

Pero al mismo tiempo no olvidaba recordar de vez en cuando que reflexionar serena, muy serenamente, es mejor que tomar decisiones desesperadas.

DoÄŸru yol yüksekte deÄŸil, yerin hemen üzerinde gerili bir ip boyunca ilerler. Üzerinde yürümek deÄŸil de, insan? çelmelemek içindir sanki.

Para el sospechoso es mejor moverse que sentarse, ya que puede estar, sin saberlo, sobre una balanza y ser pesado según sus pecados

Logic is no doubt unshakable, but it can't withstand a person who wants to live.

Je?li b?dzie pan oddycha? szybko, udusi si? pan sob?, wewn?trzn? trucizn?; je?li b?dzie pan powoli oddycha?, udusi si? pan nie nadaj?cym si? dla p?uc powietrzem, zbuntowan? materi?. Je?li za? chcia? pan znale?? sobie w?asn? miar?, zginie pan ju? od samego poszukiwania.

52. W walce pomi?dzy tob? a ?wiatem sekunduj ?wiatu.