Quotes About Balance

It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn. There were no mutual concessions; one stood erect, and the others yielded; and who can be ill-natured, and bad-tempered, when they encounter neither opposition nor indifference?

It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn … who can be ill-natured and bad-tempered when they encounter neither opposition nor indifference?

I am now quite content in my seeking pleasure in society be it country or town, a sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense.

How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

Our lives are Swiss, so still- so cool

The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain.

Each life converges to some centre expressed or still . . .

Cherries suit robins;

I should have had the joy Without the fear to justify, —

Fearless the cobweb swings from the ceiling

i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves.

I think to myself that when you're in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to fight to keep your pride. It's a balance. But when the relationship is right, you find that balance.

Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.

Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more.

mother) She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.

Dinner will not be perfect, but I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

You theoretically have so much more time at home, but you fill it with the minutiae that you somehow managed to avoid when you were working.

Justice isn't only about what a person deserves, but also about what a person needs.

an ideal relationship, the balance of power is equal. But if someone has to have more power, that someone needs to be the woman. Her reasoning is that when most men wield the power, they abuse it and succumb to their innately self-serving, self-indulgent instincts. Women who have power, on the other hand, tend to rule in the interest of the family unit rather than their own self-interest. Which is why matriarchal societies are peaceful, harmonious ones.

Wasn't there something to be said for working to live, as opposed to living to work?

Ne volim krajeve i po?etke. Uvijek bih se radije ljuljuškala u sredini.

I've often let my goals supersede the journey—and the love of what I'm doing. A constant battle to stay in control, get to the next level, ensure that my life stays perfectly, carefully scripted.

It never ceases to amaze me how foolproof the rule is: the person who cares the least (or pretends to) holds the power.