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Quotes About Balance

Natural places are no different than human cities. The old exists next to the new. Invasive species integrate with or push out native species. The landscape you see around you is the same as seeing an old cathedral next to a skyscraper.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
This was what most people wanted: to be close to but not part of. They didn't want the fearful unknown of a 'pristine wilderness.' They didn't want a soulless artificial life, either.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to render invisible so many other things?
~ Jeff Vandermeer
The only solution to the environment is neglect, which requires our collapse.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
but this was always the test of our relationship. Were we symbiotic or parasitic?
~ Jeff Vandermeer
Renaissance artist Gregorio Comanini, has counseled the equivalent of "Live an ordinary, regular life so you can be irregular and brilliant in your creativity.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
But the trick of the world was to contain all things.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
Fighting isn't all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and are satisfied to have food to eat and a place to sleep, are mere vagabonds. A serious student is much more concerned with training his mind and disciplining his spirit than with developing martial skills.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.
~ Eiji Yoshikawa
La vida es como andar en bicicleta. Para mantener el equilibrio, tienes que seguir moviéndote.
~ einstein, albert
People say that modern life has grown so complicated, so busy, so crowded that we have to hurry even to survive. We need not accept that idea. It is quite possible to live in the midst of a highly developed technological society and keep an easy, relaxed pace while doing a lot of hard work. We have a choice.
~ Eknath Easwaran
People who have strong likes and dislikes find life very difficult; they are as rigid as if they had only one bone.
~ Eknath Easwaran
Anything that tends to make us elated is inevitably going to throw us into depression.
~ Eknath Easwaran
All virtues have a shadow.
~ Elaine N. Aron
Even a moderate and familiar stimulation, like a day at work, can cause an HSP to need quiet by evening.
~ Elaine N. Aron
Make good boundaries your goal. They are your right, your responsibility, your greatest source of dignity.
~ Elaine N. Aron
We are forced to make choices and set priorities, but being very conscientious, HSPs often put themselves last. Or at least we give ourselves no more time off or opportunity to learn new skills than anyone else. In fact, however, we need more.
~ Elaine N. Aron
How one walks through the world, the endless small adjustments of balance, is affected by the shifting weights of beautiful things.
~ Elaine Scarry
codependent behaviors. Generally these are behaviors that are care taking of others to the point where you and your needs are lost.
~ Eleanor D. Payson
may feel obligated to keep a low profile in an attempt to establish some sense of harmony. Unfortunately, at the same time, you may also be giving up opportunities to express your opinions and assert your needs.
~ Eleanor D. Payson
And from what you've told me, Brian does an excellent job in that role, but a big dick ain't everything nor is licking you senseless with a thick tongue.
~ Electa Rome Parks
Así andaríamos más en orden.
~ Elena Garro
Ya sé que eres traidora y que me tienes buena voluntad. Lo bueno crece junto con lo malo.
~ Elena Garro