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

"Realize that little things lead to bigger things."

~Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is,

alas, not so easy as looking at it.

~Vincent Van Gogh

This world is in deep trouble, from top to bottom.

But it can be swiftly healed by the balm of love.

~ Rumi

Hope is being able to see that there is light

despite all of the darkness

- Desmond Tutu

How far that little candle throws his beams!

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

- William Shakespeare

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,

move with it, and join the dance.

- Alan Watts

"I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream.

But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me."

~Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957)

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.

- Thomas Merton