
The Ledger Of Balance

George Gurdjieff
There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.

Samuel Beckett
The tears of the world are a constant quantity.

Samuel Beckett
For each one who begins to weep.

Samuel Beckett
somewhere else another stops.

Samuel Beckett
The same is true of the laugh.

Ted Hughes
Nothing is free.

Ted Hughes
Everything has to be paid for.

Ted Hughes
For every profit in one thing,

Ted Hughes
payment in some other thing.

Ted Hughes
For every life,

Ted Hughes
a death.