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

“When will our consciences grow so tender

that we will act to prevent human misery rather

than avenge it?”

~Eleanor Roosevelt

"Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum,

an inherent part of our education?

Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility -

these are the very foundation of any real civilisation,

no longer the prerogatives, the preserves of any one church,

but belonging to everyone, every child in every school."

~Yehudi Menuhin, violinist (1916-1999)

"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity.

It is an act of justice.

It is the protection of a fundamental human right,

the right to dignity and a decent life . . ." -

- Nelson Mandela

“Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator.

The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance

and deeper meaning to human existence,

the more likely we are to continue to define history

as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.”

~Aberjhani,

Journey through the Power of the Rainbow:

Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

"If one steps out on a starry night and observes one's inner state,

one asks if one could hate or be overwhelmed by envy or resentment.

... Is it not true that no man or woman has ever committed

a crime while in a state of wonder?"

~Jacob Needleman (b.1934)

“Freedom is not an end. Freedom is a beginning.”

~Benazir Bhutto

Do unto children as you wish your parents had done unto you.

~ Louise Hart

"There is no such thing as a new idea.

It is impossible.

We simply take a lot of old ideas

and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.

We give them a turn and

they make new and curious combinations.

We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely;

but they are the same old pieces of colored glass

that have been in use through all the ages."

~Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"There's always something new by looking

at the same thing over and over."

~John Updike (1932-2009)