“In the end, we need two things to lead a balanced life - a sense of the world and a sense of ourselves; it's like breathing in and breathing out. And if you can only get to know the world by stepping out, and losing yourself in experience, you can only get to know the self by stepping back, and finding yourself in contemplation. One without the other leads to a kind of madness.” IfsKnowsWorldNeedsKindTwoEndsSelfMotivationalFindingsLosingMadnessBreathingContemplationTwo ThingsFinding YourselfBalancedLosing YourselfBalanced LifeStepping Back Author:Pico Iyer
“In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which impels us... The artist lives with anxiety.” FeelsHumansArtEndsArtistBitsProduceGoes OnAnxietyBalancedNeurosisBeing An ArtistImbalance Author:Beverly Pepper
“We're witnessing the end of a 5,000 year reign of patriarchy, and are coming into a society created by our technology that will be more balanced and more feminine. It's already happening. And I think that the good news is that it's coming just in time.” ThinkingYearsEndsTechnologyNewsHappeningsFeminineBalancedReignPatriarchyGood News Author:Leonard Shlain