The Prophet (Almustafa)

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

"Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral."

"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle."

"If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind."

"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind."

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

"Life would be dark as neither night nor day if it were not for the things you illumine."

"Your friend is your needs answered."

"And you come to him with your whole heart."

"A friend is a field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving."

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"And let your best be for your friend."

"Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self."

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

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

"Your fear is mostly water. If you boil it away, you will see only the steam."

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

"Like the ocean, life ebbs and flows."

"Generosity is not in the giving of abundance from your plenty, but rather in the sharing of your sustenance in your scarcity."

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

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked."

"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself."

"Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself."