It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
~Dalai Lama

To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take responsibility for you inner state at any given moment. 
~ Eckhart Tolle

So, the tendency of our childish nature is to take small things too seriously and get easily offended, whereas when we are confronted with situations which have long term consequences, we tend to take things less seriously ~ Dalai Lama

The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind. ~ Eckhart Tolle

"Real strength is born of humility ~ having the courage to admit when I am bothered and knowing how to use my feelings to lighten my past, to illuminate my present, and to brighten my future."~ Dr. Trish Whynot

Music is the best (the rest is detail)....

Music is the universal language of mankind.

      ---Henry Woodsworth Longfellow

Procol Harum (Gary Brooker) performing A Whiter Shade of Pale with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and choir at Ledreborg Castle, Denmark in August 2006

The perfectly kept home is the sign of a misspent life.  ~ Mary Randolph  Carter