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

"A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new."

- Albert Einstein

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.”

— James Allen

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

~Joseph Joubert

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

Albert Camus

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

~ Henry Ward Beecher

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.

Henry David Thoreau

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

~Martin Buber

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss, at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

-Honore de Balzac, novelist (1799-1850)

"This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond."

~Rumi (1207-1273)