an ancient Chinese adage

When parents and children combine efforts,
Mountains are fashioned into gems;
When elder and younger children are harmonious,
The earth is changed into gold.

Albert Einstein

Out of clutter, find simplicity
From Dischord, find Harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

on being yourself

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
- Goethe

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
- Lao-Tzu

Healing may not be so much about getting better as about letting go of everything that isn't you - all of the expectations, all of the beliefs - and becoming who you are.
- Rachel Naomi Remen

When you are not trying to become anybody else, when you accept yourself, then you simply relax into what you are, . . . and grace and harmony and splendor arise . . . the tremendous beauty of being yourself.
- Tishan