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If you strive only to avoid the darkness or to cling to the light, you cannot live in balance. Try striving to be conscious of all that you are.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Balance
Darkness
Cannot
Light
Cling
Live
Striving
Trying
Avoid
Strive
Conscious

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