“Elegance is reduction, simplification, condensation. It is spare, stark, sleek. Elegance is cultivated abstraction. The source of Greek and Roman classicism - clarity, order, proportion, balance - is in Egypt.” OrderSourceBalanceClarityGreekProportionSparesEgyptAbstractionEleganceReductionStarksSimplificationClassicismCondensation Book:Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson
“I think our intelligence is a source of toxicity to nature and discomfort to ourselves unless our values are based on planetary values, are linked to the values of the rest of nature. Intelligence is not a license to trample. The proper role of intelligence in a planetary ecology is that of gardener, caregiver and maintainer of balance.” ThinkingValuesRolesSourceBalanceEcologyLinkedLicenseDiscomfortGardenerToxicityCaregivers Author:Terence McKenna
“The purest case of an intelligence explosion would be an Artificial Intelligence rewriting its own source code. The key idea is that if you can improve intelligence even a little, the process accelerates. It's a tipping point. Like trying to balance a pen on one end - as soon as it tilts even a little, it quickly falls the rest of the way.” IfsWayTryingLittlesIdeasEndsWould BeFallProcessCasesSourceKeysBalanceCodePensArtificial IntelligenceArtificialExplosionsAccelerateRewritingTippingTiltTipping Point Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“I think in the world we live in where television is the principal source of information for most people, it really affects the balance of the democratic process. The fairness of the democratic process.” PeopleThinkingWorldProcessInformationTelevisionSourceBalanceDemocraticFairnessPrincipalDemocratic Process Author:Alexander Stille
“Like musicians who can read and write complicated scores in a world without sounds, for us mathematics is a source of delight, excitement, and even controversy which are hard to share with non mathematicians. In our small micro-cosmos we should ever seek the right balance between competition and solidarity, criticism and empathy, exclusion and inclusion.” WorldShouldWritingHardScienceSoundShareSourceBalanceMusicianEmpathyCriticismMathematicsCompetitionDelightComplicatedExcitementScoreCosmosInclusionMathematicianSolidarityControversyExclusion Author:Gil Kalai
“You're going to see new processes that utilize waste as the source of energy, so there's no petroleum consumed in the process - that makes the energy balance uniformly positive.” EnergyProcessSourceBalanceWasteConsumedPetroleumNew Processes Author:Al Gore
“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
“I'm looking for a balance of reported and essayistic work by up-and-coming women journalists. Often that means combing online-only sources or alt weeklies.” MeanSourceBalanceJournalistOnline Author:Ann Friedman
“pay attention to what I eat and to how I balance that with physical and mental exercise. The same way I want to spend time filling my mind with the best information I can acquire from the best sources I can obtain, I also want to consume nourishment from the best sources for my body.” WayWantMindI CanBodyPayAttentionInformationSourceBalanceExercisePay AttentionAcquireEnd TimesFillingSpend TimeNourishment Author:Adam Rodriguez
“I try not to overeat (which is my biggest problem), and I find that when I'm eating quality foods from good sources, I don't need to overeat to feel satisfied. I cook with healthy oils (olive, coconut) and stay away as much as possible from overly processed foods. When I do indulge, I enjoy it. For that moment. And then I balance it with exercise.” NeedsFeelsTryingMomentsProblemEnjoyQualitySourceBalanceExerciseHealthyEatingOilSatisfiedCooksThat MomentIndulgeOlivesCoconutsProcessed Food Author:Adam Rodriguez
“To maintain our economic and national security, we must maximize all of our nation's energy resources, including renewable sources, alternative fuels, and fossil fuels, all in a way that balances economic development and protecting our environment.” WayEnergyNationsEnvironmentEconomicSecuritySourceDevelopmentBalanceResourcesIncludingAlternativesFuelNational SecurityFossilsOur EnvironmentFossil FuelEconomic Development Author:Joe Heck
“Dogs are our best teachers and biggest healers. We can learn so much from them about how to live life in balance, and they are a constant source of spiritual uplift and unconditional love that is so important to have in order to be healthy.” ImportantSpiritualOrderTeacherDogSourceBalanceHealthyConstantUpliftingLive LifeUnconditional LoveUnconditionalHealerBest TeacherHow To Live Life Author:Cesar Millan