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

“The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it.

It has to be the greatest.”

~ Buddha

“Even if my flesh and blood were to dry up,

leaving only skin and bones,

I will not leave this place until I find a way to end all sorrow.“

~ Buddha

"I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen,

and see the cat smiling into her fur

as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue.

'Cat, I would lend you this book to study

but it appears you have already read it.'

She looks up and gives me her full gaze.

'Don't be ridiculous,' she purrs, 'I wrote it.' "

~Dilys Laing (1906-1960)

"A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows,

even though we do not love it....

In this way our life should be understood.

hen there is no problem."

~Shunryu Suzuki

"He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away;

when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther,

and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters;

that hour, which, of all others,

inspires the mind with pensive tenderness,

and often elevates it to sublime contemplation."

~Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823)

"One century's saint is the next century's heretic ...

and one century's heretic is the next century's saint.

It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name

to any given person."

~Ellis Peters (1913-1995)

“Nature is one of the most underutilized treasures in life.

It has the power to unburden hearts

and reconnect to that inner place of peace.”

~Dr. Janice Anderson & Kiersten Anderson

"Grace provides the framework within which a meaningful life is lived.

Love is the substance of it day to day.

To live a spiritual life, then, is essentially to do things

'for the love of it' - to do things without attachment

to a result or reward."

-Dharmavidya David Brazier

"Simplify your life.

Don’t waste the years struggling

for things that are unimportant.

Don’t burden yourself with possessions.

Keep your needs and wants simple

and enjoy what you have.

Don’t destroy your peace of mind

by looking back, worrying about the past.

Live in the present.

Simplify!"

~Henry David Thoreau