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

"We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance,

and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try

to make the little corner we can influence somewhat less miserable

and somewhat less ignorant than it was before we entered."

~Thomas Huxley (1825-1895)

“Some keep the Sabbath going to church,

I keep it staying at home,

with a bobolink for a chorister,

and an orchard for a dome.”

― Emily Dickinson

"The contemplation of beauty, whether it be a uniquely tinted sunset,

a radiant face, or a work of art, makes us glance back unwittingly

at our personal past and juxtapose ourselves

and our inner being with the

utterly unattainable beauty revealed to us."

~Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person

is to listen. Just listen.

Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.

~ Rachel Naomi Remen ~

"I could smell the curves of the river beyond the dusk

and I saw the last light supine and tranquil upon tideflats

like pieces of broken mirror, then beyond them lights

began in the pale clear air,

trembling a little like butterflies hovering a long way off."

~William Faulkner (1897-1962)

"Remembrance of things past is not necessarily

the remembrance of things as they were."

~Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

"Though the word beautification makes the concept sound merely

cosmetic, it involves much more: clean water, clean air,

clean roadsides, safe waste disposal

and preservation of valued old landmarks

as well as great parks and wilderness areas.

To me … beautification means our total concern for the physical

and human quality we pass on to our children and the future."

~Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007)

"One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while

and listen. For one minute, listen to the sounds close to you.

For one minute, listen to the sounds at a distance.

Just listen attentively."

~Pema Chodron (b. 1936)

"Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite,

and worth remembering."

~Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)