The Prophet

"When you kill a beast say to him in your heart: 'By the same power that takes you, I too am taken, and my blood shall not be spilled in vain.'"

"Eating is another of your sacred acts."

"Even the ox lowing in the fields sings a song with the angels."

"And what is it to work with love? It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit."

"To love life through labor is to be intimate with life's inmost secret."

"Every day you may wring from her all the earnings of your content."

"But you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself."

"You are good when you strive to give of yourself."

"You are good when you are fully awake in your speech."

"And there is one among you who eats when he is hungry and drinks when he is thirsty, and calls it virtue."

"When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay.'"

"Your friend is your needs answered."

"And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures."

"Some of you say, 'It is the north wind who brings the rain.' And others among you say, 'It is the south wind.'"

"The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding."

"For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly."

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

"Much of your pain is self-chosen."

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

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked."

"Sorrow is your understanding."

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

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

"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.'"

"The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness."

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

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

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

"Work is love made visible."