Friday, May 31, 2013

In many primitive societies grandparents and grandchildren are aligned together. A child who has to treat his father with extreme respect may joke with his grandfather and playfully call his grandmother "wife".

- Margaret Mead (1901 - 1978)
American anthropologist

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

- Rabindranath Tagore

The Tao is very close, but everyone looks far away. Life is very simple, but everyone seeks difficulty.

- Taoist Sage, 200 B.C.