Quotes About Balance

There are only two forces at work in this world- black and white. Only people are grey.

In paintings or illustrations, text (words) and images (resemblances) often appear together, but one is always subordinate to the other.

You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with the Pet Shop Boys it's primarily about the songs, it's about song writing.

Las peores organizaciones ofrecen un sueldo, pero espiritualmente están en bancarrota y son perfectamente incapaces de proporcionarnos la alegría, la satisfacción o la paz que encontramos, por ejemplo, en nuestras familias y tradiciones espirituales.

The ocean takes care of its own business, dumps what it wants to on the shore and takes back what it wants. Sand castles, teddy bears or heads and bodies. The wind and tide decide.

Wanting neither too much to live, nor too much to die.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. — PICASSO

I work hard, but I work from a position of rest.

Testosterone-fueled programs that depict sharks as vicious, man-eating killers only make it more difficult to convince the public of the need to protect sharks. Sharks are an essential part of the ocean ecosystem, keeping prey species in check

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

Work takes up a lot of my brain space. So when I work, it's one thing. I don't have a lot of time to think about dating.

Therapy's like going to the gym.

The Universe continues to be perfect at every moment and never permits even the first imperfect event to occur. It goes from perfect to perfect to perfect.

Observation performed merely on its own is no more than what a machine can do—a surveillance camera, for instance. And imagination on its own, practiced by itself for too long, can cut you off from the world. You might wander away, like a hermit to a cave, becoming only a spirit to the rest of humanity. However, if you remain in the world, and you train yourself to combine observation and imagination in proper proportion...then you may change the world itself.

Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist.

If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad.

When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.

Only married people understand you can be miserable and happy at the same time.

Nothing is so inconsistent with the life of any Christian as overindulgence. —The Rule of Benedict

A large part of Sparta's success was due to their observing fundamental principles that included honor, Know Thyself, nothing in excess, Keep the Measure, loyalty, love, perseverance, and selflessness.

öldürmek ve ölmek aras?nda üçüncü bir ÅŸey var: yaÅŸamak.

Humanity is capable of such beautiful dreams and horrible nightmares, For Our World Has a lot For every Man's Dream but Not Every man's Greed

There was a delicate, transient point somewhere between too much alcohol and too little where her pool skills absolutely peaked.

nstead of running out of the office when her work was done, she'd gone to the ladies' room and taken her time, brushing the frizz out of her auburn hair, and (for once) paying attention to her makeup. It must have worked, because Junior, the bar's amiable, three-hundred-pound bouncer, nearly popped his uneven teeth when he saw her. "Marry me, Harper McClain," he pleaded. "I know I can make you happy." "I'm married to my job, Junior,