Aparian

 "Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect."  - Thomas Jefferson

“O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.”

― Bahá'u'lláh

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

― Rumi

With life as short as a half taken breath, don't plant anything but love.

~ Rumi

The best portions of a good man's life are his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

- William Wordsworth

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.

- Susan Sarandon

“Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.”

― Cornel West

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”

― Josh Billings

"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar."--Helen Keller

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

- Malala Yousafzai

When we are dead,

Seek not our tomb in the earth,

But find it in the hearts of men.

~ Rumi..

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you

don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not

doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or

less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have

problems with our friends or family, we blame the other

person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will

grow well, like the lettuce. Blaming has no positive

effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason

and argument. That is my experience. No blame, no

reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you

understand, and you show that you understand, you can

love, and the situation will change”

― Thích Nhất Hạnh