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My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I read more
My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the read more
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
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.
Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve read more
Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over.
I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books read more
I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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.
Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what read more
Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.
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.
