The Prophet (Almustafa)

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

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

"Work is love made visible."

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

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

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you."

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."

"Sorrow is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."

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

"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."

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

"And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."

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

"You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but you will not forget the one with whom you have wept."

"How can you govern others, you who have not yet learned to govern yourself?"

"Of all that is sad, this is the saddest—that one should fear."

"Teach your children to question, to wonder, and to dream."

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

"Once I said to myself, 'Here is one who sins.' But I no longer say it, because I understand."

"Generosity is not in the giving of much, but in the giving at the right time."

"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."

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

"Work is love made visible."

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

"For all things are echoes of eternity, and all time is but the peering of timeless moments through the windows of time."

"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy."

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain."

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

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