Rabbit Rabbit ~ Apiarian

RabbitRabbit

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

"Silence is letting what there is be what it is.

In that sense it has to do profoundly with God:

the silence of simply being.

We experience that at times when there is nothing

we can say or do that would not intrude on the integrity

and the beauty of that being."

~Rowan Williams (b.1950)

“We have to free half of the human race,

the women, so that they can help to free

the other half.”

~Emmeline Pankhurst

"Once in a while, when everything is just right,

there is a moment of magic.

People can live on moments of magic."

~Sarah Caldwell, opera conductor (1924-2006)

“The happiness of your life depends

upon the quality of your thoughts.”

― Marcus Aurelius

“True peace not merely the absence of war,

it is the presence of justice.”

~Jane Addams, the first woman to be awarded the

Nobel Peace Prize, 1931

"To laugh often and love much,

to win the respect of intelligent persons

and the affection of children;

to earn the approbation of honest citizens

and endure the betrayal of false friend;

to appreciate beauty;

to find the best in others;

to give of one's self;

to leave the world a bit better,

whether by a healthy child, a garden patch,

or a redeemed social condition;

to have played and laughed with enthusiasm

and sung with exultation;

to know even one life has breathed easier

because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The further a society drifts from truth the more

it will hate those who speak it.”

― George Orwell

"A discerning person, when eating grapes,

takes only the ripe ones and leaves the sour.

Thus also the discerning mind carefully marks the virtues

which can be seen in any person.

A mindless person seeks out the vices and failings ...

Even if you see someone sin with your own eyes,

do not judge; for often even your eyes are deceived."

~John Climacus (525-606)