Quotes About Balance

I killed little Esmerelda because I felt I owed it to myself and to the world in general. I had, after all, accounted for two male children and thus done womankind something of a statistical favour. If I really had the courage of my convictions, I reasoned, I ought to redress the balance at least slightly. My cousin was simply the easiest and most obvious target.

like when I walk along a pavement in Porteneil and I accidentally scuff one heel on a paving stone. I have to scuff the other foot as well, with as near as possible the same weight, to feel good again.

even though he is mad and I am sane.

Life, like a good painting, needs balance, a harmonious arrangement to avoid being chaotic, a mess, a failure.

The dance of capital, the harmony of a balance sheet, and the way these abstractions interact with people, their characters and desires, either as individuals or in a mass. Understand that one is the other, that they are two separate ways of expressing the same thing, and you understand the whole nature of business.

Yo tengo una teoría: el exceso de conocimiento desequilibra la mente. Se hace un esfuerzo tan grande para adquirir conocimientos que no queda espacio para el sentido común. De La cuarta verdad

Although I do not need to be surrounded by others in order to feel alive, I do need some conversation and distraction.

Our superhero foreign policy draws rivers of taxpayer dollars toward the center, empowering Washington at the expense of local governments. It also empowers the president at the expense of Congress in ways that upset the balance that the authors of the Constitution took great pains to design.

particular line of business, peace had reigned for nearly a year. And peace was killing him.

he upended his suitcase just inside the door and balanced the three glasses on top of it. It was a simple booby trap but it would give him all the warning he needed.

pay close attention to the timing of your meals, making sure that you eat them about every three to four hours. Your snacks—if you chose to have them—will come between the meals, but no sooner than an hour after eating a meal.

We know that land is more than a commodity and less than a god. It is to be neither exploited nor worshiped.

Few, if any, of the world's problems can be solved with a mere twenty minutes of attention, and yet here, in the complex sociopolitical landscape of the bedroom, we have an opportunity to create bilateral satisfaction. When put that way, in the context of sexual peace and equality, is twenty minutes of focused attention, applied appropriately, really too much to ask, especially if it can save your sex life?

i'm going mad, i told myself. let me not be mad.

But to do its noticing and judging, poetry balances itself on the pinprick of the moment. Slowing down, stopping yourself completely, to read and understand a poem is like trying to acquire an old-fashioned skill....

Everyone knew as much as they needed to know to be happy.

Selfishness is also written on our hearts. This is our mammalian conflict - what to give to others, and what to keep for yourself.

Older men were better companions, they were seasoned lovers, they knew the world, they knew themselves. Unlike younger men, they held their emotions in balance. They had read more, seen more, they were warmer, kinder, less boastful, more tolerant, less violent. They were more interesting, they could choose the wine. They had more money.

Se non vuoi fare il guastafeste devi unirti alla compagnia. Ma Peter non la pensava così. Non aveva niente in contrario a stare con gli altri quando era il caso. Ma la gente esagera. Anzi, secondo lui, se si fosse sprecato un po' meno tempo a stare insieme e a convincere gli altri a fare lo stesso, e se ne fosse dedicato un po'di più a stare da soli e pensare a chi siamo e chi potremmo essere, allora il mondo sarebbe stato un posto migliore, magari anche senza le guerre.

They had been married six years, a time of slow, fine adjustments to the jostling principles of physical pleasure, domestic duty, and the necessity of solitude. Neglect of one led to diminishment or chaos in the others.

self-interest and kindness were best not separated

When it comes to being reasonable, they rather go over the top.

desde el siglo XVI la base de la política inglesa y posteriormente británica en Europa fue la consecución del equilibrio de poder. Se me ordenó que leyera sobre el Congreso de Viena de 1815.Tony insistía en que un equilibrio entre naciones era el cimiento de un sistema jurídico internacional de diplomacia pacífica. Era vital que los países se controlasen mutuamente.

The landscape wouldn't have been complete without her.