Apiarian,

  "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

The tranquillity of both worlds lies in the understanding of these two words: generosity towards friends, forbearance towards enemies.

~ Sufi Saying

Search a beautiful heart,not a beautiful face.Beautiful things are not always good,but good things are always beautiful.

~ Sufi Saying

"There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace."

~ Kofi Annan

If you love someone, you are always joined with them--in joy, in absence, in solitude, in strife.

~ Rumi

If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself to yourself.

~ Rumi

A new moon teaches how one gives birth to self slowly. Patience with small details makes perfect a large work, like the universe.

~ Rumi

"I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day." ~John Brown

Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.

~ Alan Watts

"We are like a drop of water in a vast, divine ocean, distinct yet immersed in something much larger than ourselves. It’s only when we experience our connection to infinity that we’re able to dream powerfully." 

~Alberto Villoldo

Ramadan 2016 begins in the evening of Sunday, June 5 and ends in the evening of Tuesday, July 5

"I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world. True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so called Islamic jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion.

We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda. They have alienated many from learning about Islam. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody.

Speaking as someone who has never been accused of political correctness, I believe that our political leaders should use their position to bring understanding about the religion of Islam and clarify that these misguided murderers have perverted people's views on what Islam really is." 

Muhammad Ali