Equilibrium Quotes

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When systems come to be far from points of equilibrium, they reach bifurcation points, wherein multiple, as opposed to unique, solutions, to instability become possible. — Immanuel Wallerstein
In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth... Deeper reflection helps us to discover… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and… — Alexander Hamilton
That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It… — Benjamin Disraeli
The determination of the average man is not merely a matter of speculative curiosity; it may be of the most important service to the science… — Adolphe Quetelet
I take drugs just because in the 20th century in a technological age living in the city there are certain drugs you have to take… — Lou Reed
A society in stable equilibrium is-by definition-one that has no history and wants no historians. — Henry Adams
My photographs are a picture of the chaos in the world, and of my relationship to that chaos. My prints show the worldâ€™s constant upsetting… — Alfred Stieglitz
I keep losing and regaining my equilibrium, which is the basic plot of all popular fiction. And I myself am a work of fiction. — Kurt Vonnegut
The transition from tenseness, self-responsibility, and worry, to equanimity, receptivity, and peace, is the most wonderful of all those shiftings of inner equilibrium, those changes… — William James
In progressive societies the concentration[of wealth] may reach a point where the strength of number in the many poor rivals the strength of ability in… — Will Durant
Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of two opposing forces; they exist everywhere and dominate everything; their reciprocal action constitutes 'life'. I recognized that… — Piet Mondrian
The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium. — George Soros
The general function of dreams is to try to restore our psychological balance by producing dream material that re-establishes, in a subtle way, the total… — Carl Jung
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and… — Gautama Buddha
Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and… — Paulo Coelho
Art is an infinitely precious good, a draught both refreshing and cheering which restores the stomach and the mind to the natural equilibrium of the… — Charles Baudelaire
Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the… — Georges Bataille
Health is wholeness--wholeness in its most profound sense, with nothing left out and everything in just the right order to manifest the mystery of balance.… — Andrew Weil
Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there,… — Evangelista Torricelli

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