Oftentimes, experiencing tragedy very young can strangely…

It is, indeed, one of the capital tragedies of youth-and youth is the time of real tragedy-that the young are thrown mainly with adults…

— H. L. Mencken

Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance; all evil comes from that.

— Anthony de Mello

As there must be moderation in other things, so there must be moderation in self-criticism. Perpetual contemplation of our own actions produces a morbid…

— Herbert Spencer

Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity.

— Jean Piaget

We learned to build our emotional muscles, helping us make it through major market falls and grind through the trying times without losing our…

— Richard Chandler

In anger, my hostility is directed toward another's action and can be extinguished by getting even - an action that reestablishes the equilibrium.

— Jon Elster

The concept of minimalism is to relax. Like a Zen monk in training, it is something that brings equilibrium to the heart. I don't…

— Takashi Murakami

Rights are a protection from society. But only by fulfilling their obligations to society can the individual give meaning to that protection. (V -…

— John Ralston Saul

In harmony with the Tao, the sky is clear and spacious, the earth is solid and full, all creature flourish together, content with the…

— Laozi

It cannot but happen?that those will survive whose functions happen to be most nearly in equilibrium with the modified aggregate of external forces? This…

— Herbert Spencer

No one imposes things on anyone in Europe. That's not my notion, nor is it my temperament. The EU has always functioned under the…

— Francois Hollande

Inside movement there is one moment in which the elements are in balance. Photography must seize the importance of this moment and hold immobile…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I'd like to be able to do complex math in my head. Any kind of adversity and I become very anxious, but if you're…

— Zach Woods

Perhaps the universe is nothing but an equilibrium of idiocies.

— George Santayana

Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation… There are going to be priorities and dimensions of…

— Denise Morrison