A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of read more

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.

Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.

There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just read more

There's a balance in my life, there's reality and there's the part that looks really glamorous, but we're all just people in the end.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter read more

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.

I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only read more

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or very foolish imagine otherwise

The balance of nature is reached when heating the house costs as much as going south for the winter.

The balance of nature is reached when heating the house costs as much as going south for the winter.

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still read more

Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that read more

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.