The Prophet (Almustafa)

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself."

"You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."

"Work is love made visible."

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one."

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."

"Sorrow is a way of love seeking expression."

"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother."

"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'"

"The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness."

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."

"We are all like the moon, and there is a dark side of us that nobody should see."

"Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music."

"Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you."

"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy."

"The vainest among you is he who deplores the infirmities of others and forgets his own."

"Time seems not to give or take away. It merely shows us who we are."

"The lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul."

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself."

"You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts."

"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth."

"Work is love made visible."

"And what is it to work with love? It is to weave the thread with threads drawn from your heart."

"But if you in your pain serve only yourself, you cook but one meal."

"For life and labour were born of necessity, and what is born of necessity is not labour but travail."

"When you love you should not say, 'God is in my heart,' but rather, 'I am in the heart of God.'"

"Love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."

"Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts."