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

Life is hard and astonishingly complicated....

No one great reform will make it easy.

Most of us who work -- or want to work --

will always have trouble or discontent.

So we must learn to be calm, and train all our faculties,

and make others happy."

~Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)

Some people will like me and some won't.

So I might as well be myself,

and then at least I'll know that the people who like me,

like me."

~Hugh Prather (1938-2010)

“Letting go gives us freedom,

and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

If, in our heart, we still cling to anything -

anger, anxiety, or possessions -

we cannot be free.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching:

"There is a mystery within all beings bursting to reveal itself,

in the ones who become quiet enough to discover it.

In this discovery a benevolent force shines

spontaneously from your presence towards all beings,

and this light cannot help but illuminate the world."

~Mooji (b. 1954)

“Peace is always beautiful.”

~Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“Stop acting so small.

You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”

~ Rumi

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice,

you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse,

and you say that you are neutral,

the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

- Desmond Tutu

"The simple act of caring is heroic."

(Edward Albert)

“We will never have peace without friendship around the world.”

~Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is not enough to win a war;

it is more important to organize the peace.”

~Aristotle