Equilibrium State

Famous quotes containing the words equilibrium and/or state:

“When a person hasn’t in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog’s bark in every sound.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“A functioning police state needs no police.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)