The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.

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.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.

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

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

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.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy -- a few tears of human spirit in with the read more

I always try to balance the light with the heavy -- a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

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.

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.