Quotes About Balance

The way the world is made. The truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of hope. One is black, the other white. There is ice and there is fire. Hate and love. Bitter and sweet. Male and female. Pain and pleasure. Winter and summer. Evil and good." She took a step toward him. "Death and life. Everywhere, opposites. Everywhere, the war.

A long summer always meant a long winter to come.

A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.

The snail may leave a trail of slime behind him, but a little slime will do a man no harm, while if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.

Fire consumes, but cold preserves.

Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.

To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

But the world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

Harsh justice is still justice.

We are as the gods made us. Strong and weak, good and bad, cruel and kind, heroic and selfish. Know that if you would rule over the kingdom of men.

The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows.

Sometimes they are heroes. Sometimes they are villains. More often they are something in between, grey characters … and grey has long been my favorite color. It is so much more interesting than black or white.

The world preferred to forget that men who knew how to heal also knew how to kill.

If there are gods, they made sheep so wolves could eat mutton, and they made the weak for the strong to play with.

No one has ever died of restlessness, but rashness is another matter. We've planted seeds, let them grow.

To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward, you must go back. To touch the light, you must pass beneath the shadow.

A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine.

The cat who wants his bowl of cream must know when to purr and when to show his claws" - Ser Kyle, the Cat of Misty Moor

Too many dragons are as dangerous as too few.

A crisp roast chicken would set the world aright.

Sleep on your stone pillow, and let the gulls peck out your eyes while the crabs feast on your flesh. You've feasted on enough of them, you owe them.

We'll both walk away smiling, in harmonious equipoise.

To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward, you must go back. To touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

Sometimes, the best thing you can do is nothing. Catelyn