“The value of solitude - one of its values - is, of course, that there is nothing to cushion against attacks from within, just as there is nothing to help balance at times of particular stress or depression.” HelpingValuesCoursesParticularBalanceSolitudeStressCushions Book:Journal of a Solitude Source: Journal of a Solitude
“If there are favourable habitats and favorable forms of association for animalsand plants, as ecology demonstrates, why not for men? If each particular natural environment has has its own balance; is there not perhaps an equivalent of this in culture?” IfsMenFormCultureNaturalEnvironmentParticularBalancePlantWhy NotAssociationEcologyNatural EnvironmentHabitat Author:Lewis Mumford
“The only uncertainty surrounding the decision is the wording of the accompanying statement and, in particular, whether the assessment that 'some further policy firming may be needed to keep the risks ... roughly in balance' will be dropped.” MayDecisionRiskPolicyParticularNeededBalanceStatementsUncertaintyAssessmentWording Author:Paul Ashworth
“We discover too late that we have turned a blind eye to the extinction of a species that is essential to the balance of life in a particular context. Or we discover too late that the importation of a foreign life-form, animal or vegetable, has upset local ecosystems, damaging soil or neighbouring life-forms. We discover that we have come near the end of supplies-of fossil-fuels for example -on which we have built immense structures of routine expectation.” EndsEyeFormAnimalExampleParticularBalanceEssentialsLateExpectationsBuiltBlindStructureSpeciesEnvironmentalLocalsUpsetSoilFuelToo LateRoutineVegetablesImmenseFossilsExtinctionStewardshipSuppliesFossil FuelEcosystemsBlind EyesImportation Book:Faith in the Public Square Source: Faith in the Public Square
“In order to find balance, I feel very strongly about two things in particular in terms of routine. Work out, and eat well.” FeelsWellsTwoOrderTermParticularBalanceWork OutTwo ThingsRoutineVery StrongRoutine Work Author:Kamala Harris
“Mozart in his music was probably the most reasonable of the world's great composers. It is the happy balance between flight and control, between sensibility and self-discipline, simplicity and sophistication of style that is his particular province... Mozart tapped once again the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breath-taking rightness that has never since been duplicated.” WorldSelfStyleParticularSourceBalanceDisciplineFlowBreathsSimplicityFlightReasonableComposerSensibilitySelf DisciplineSpontaneityProvincesRefinementSophistication Author:Aaron Copland
“Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.” IfsNeedsEyeCareJobsWomenParticularBalanceHigherMental HealthTake CareListsWeight LossAppointmentsWork Life BalanceBetter JobsLife BalanceFitness MotivationalErrandsWork And Life BalanceWork And Life Author:Michelle Obama
“From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony. ... A tale may not display a great deal of structural, psychological, or narrative sophistication, though it might possess all three, but it seldom takes its eye off its primary goal, the creation of a particular emotional state in its reader. Depending on the tale, that state could be wonder, amazement, shock, terror, anger, anxiety, melancholia, or the momentary frisson of horror.” MayStatesMightEyeThreeBitsGoalDealsWonderEffectsCreationEmotionalParticularReaderBalanceHorrorAnxietyConcernHarmonyTerrorTalesPsychologicalPrimariesNarrativeDramaticShockDisplayInherentExaggerationMomentaryAmazementSophisticationWildnessDecorum Author:Peter Straub