True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.

Quote by Tom Robbins

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If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime...

If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime...

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily...

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily...

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any...

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any...

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue...

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue...

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong...

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion...

I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.

I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.

People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.