Quotes About Balance

A gentle person can use strength without damaging those he is trying to help.

Each of us is tempted to make relationships the end rather than the means

They're both right!

We live with this tension between self-protective isolation and the dream for meaningful relationships.

We believe that we have checks and balances, but have rarely faced a situation like the present: when the less popular of the two parties controls every lever of power at the federal level, as well as the majority of statehouses.

to surrender freedom in the name of safety, we should be on our guard. There is no necessary tradeoff between the two.

More than any of the other new states that came into being at war's end, Poland changed the balance of power in eastern Europe. It was not large enough to be a great power, but it was large enough to be a problem for any great power with plans of expansion. It separated Russia from Germany, for the first time in more than a century. Poland's very existence created a buffer to both Russian and German power, and was much resented in Moscow and Berlin.

It is the government's job to increase both freedom and security.

We believe that we have checks and balances, but have rarely faced a situation like the present: when the less popular of the two parties controls every lever of power at the federal level, as well as the majority of statehouses. The party that exercises such control proposes few policies that are popular with the society at large, and several that are generally unpopular—and thus must either fear democracy or weaken it.

they knew, Aristotle warned that inequality brought instability,

The point of politics is to keep multiple and irreducible goods in play, rather than yielding to some dream, Nazi or otherwise, of totality. —

Adolf Hitler claimed that all that mattered was the struggle of the race, and that the elimination of Jews would restore nature's eternal balance. His Thousand-Year Reich lasted twelve years, and he committed suicide. A state does not endure because a leader mystifies a generation.

the best path didn't have to be quick as long as it was correct.

No battle plan can anticipate all contingencies. There are always unexpected factors including those stemming from the opponent's initiative. A battle must thus becomes a balance between plan and improvisation, between error and correction. It is a narrow line. But it is a line one's opponent must also walk. For all the balance of experience and cleverness, it is often the warrior who acts quickest who will prevail.

I work, and then whenever I have any other time, I'm with my daughter, and then I go to sleep. I think you basically have to abandon the dreams of having any other adult activities in your life. You have to go to sleep whenever your child goes to sleep. That's basically how we're doing it.

If you abandon yourself in order to be in a relationship, you cannot be in a relationship

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

I have respect for those who make money at art and do it well and smartly, because that commercial aspect keeps the world going and running, in a sense.

If I don't wield the sword, I can't protect you. If I keep wielding the sword, I can't embrace you. -Ichigo Kurosaki

Don`t talk while you are anger, Don`t talk about new offering`s while you are happy

In everything the middle course is best: All things in excess bring trouble to men.

In the one hand he is carrying a stone, while he shows the bread in the other.

To blow and swallow at the same moment is not easy.

Tu come va? - Bene. A parte che sto male, bene.