Nikki Giovanni Quotes

There are a lot of things that I love, but if you're just completely invested in those things, their opposite can kick you over... So the trick is finding out how to maintain your balance when you're in situations with the people who make you happy and when you're not.

At heart, I'm a relationship guy, but my adventurous side makes it hard. I hope I'll find a balance.

Next to love, balance is the most important thing.

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

It is beautiful to be alone, it is also beautiful to to be in love, to be with people. And they are complementary, not contradictory.

Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

Love and work... work and love, that's all there is.

Nature moves towards balance.

By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

I like marriage. I feel very secure. It helps when you are in love with the person you are married to.

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.

I love being married.

I've definitely been in relationships where I've given too much, and I've been in relationships where I haven't given enough. I think it's a work in progress. I have to find that person where it clicks.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

When you find the person that you settle down with, I guess you mellow. They are taming you, aren't they? Or you're taming them.

All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.

I value nothing more highly than to be allowed the honor of entering into bonds of friendship with people who sincerely love truth. For ... I believe there is nothing in the world which we can love with tranquility except such men.

My friends are real human beings. They and my family keep me very grounded.

Although we are busy with our own work, we still try and spend time together. At the same time, we give each other space. I think that is the key to a successful marriage.

Marriage should never become an adjustment or a compromise. Both the partners should be equally happy and willing to invest their love, care, and respect in the relationship - only then it works.

In this life, we are in a constant search for inner peace. We long for it in all aspects of our lives, both personally and professionally. The truth is that we cannot have inner peace without balance. It seems that having too much or too little of anything completely throws off our balance, therefore limiting our inner peace.