Quotes About Balance

The elements must combine to create a greater whole. You are fire, Bayard, and the firedrakes will bow to you, but we need the others.

The serpent has the potential to be used for good or evil. It represents the creative force or building blocks of the universe, which is dualistic.

Over their relatively short acquaintance, Tamara had learned the Grigori woman liked to keep secrets, to maintain the balance of power between them.

The sun needs the contrast of the night for its shine to have meaning.

No one can walk the way of light without casting a shadow.

A true magus understands he has to dance on both sides of the coin. Utter goodness is as bad as pure evil.

We should be partners, not master and servant.

Our father had control of his mind, while I had only his heart. I needed both.

As an affirmation of life, even a predator is a welcome sight.

The Palindrakes and I should have come together in perfect balance; physically, mentally and spiritually. The Dragon Daughters perverted that. They hate living beings, but also envy us. Their cold forms crave our heat. Their passionless hearts hunger for the sensation of emotion. But they are like careless children with these things, which are toys to them. They do not realize how fragile human feeling is, and once they have broken it, they cast it aside.

He saw cruelty in her face and a tenderness too great to be born. He saw the balance of life and death swinging within her expression, the fate of love on her brow.

Magic takes the path of least resistance.

We are simple folk, us Sacramantans. We need hope as well as despair for a good night out.

If hunting was his province, mind-seeking was mine.

Earth is a subtle element in this conflict.

Use the breathing places wisely.

I know how to handle his type, how to wield the whip to keep the jaws at bay.

The facts were locked up somewhere; it was felt we no longer needed them, that their starkness might harm the delicate balance of our relationship with this world.

Madness was only a handicap only if you couldn't control its irrationalities.

Her craziness was happily wed to her intellect. There are no reasonable geniuses in this world, I am convinced.

I could insult him for his pedestrian intelligence and whacky ideas, but even I know that there is a bit more to life than intellect.

You are on your quest. That is exciting. If you're balanced, your boat floats on a low tide in the same way as it does on a high tide.

To win a moral victory at the expense of your sanity is dumb.

I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.