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

"I love the smell of the universe in the morning."

~Neil deGrasse Tyson

“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.”

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

—Buddha

"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."

― E.B. White

You are not a drop in the ocean.

You are the entire ocean in a drop.

~ Rumi

Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are the very nature of an enlightened person. They are the four aspects of true love within ourselves and within everyone and everything.

~Thich Nhat Hahn

Be the flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushes it.

~ Hz. Ali

God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

~Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,

Love like you'll never be hurt,

Sing like there's nobody listening,

And live like it's heaven on earth.

~William W. Purkey

 Photos by Kevin Finn McNeal used by permission.