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."

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

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

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

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, begin not with their reason but to faith; begin not with their acts but with their dreams."

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror."

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

"Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping."

"The selfish cannot love, therefore they cannot be beautiful."

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked."

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

"Sorrow is your own sorrow."

"And some of you say, 'Life is the darkness, and in our darkness, we find liberty.' Darkness deceives you."

"If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life."

"Eat when you are hungry and drink when you are thirsty."

"Your body is the harp of your soul. It is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds."

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

"There are those who give and their giving adds weariness to the world."

"And there are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life."

"How shall I gather yesterdays into my arms and cherish it?"

"Tomorrow? It is already with the past. To day is here, and we must greet it with joy."

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

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

"And the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man."

"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."

"No one can teach you but the wind can; and only the wind teaches you to dance."

"My friend, I am not what the mass of men are, yet I am one with them."

"But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness."