The Prophet

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

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

"The fountain of beauty is in the heart."

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

"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."

"Let no one counsel you to put away your ideals."

"All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart."

"You are not enclosed in your bodies, and your bodies are not enclosed in your homes, nor your homes in your city, and your city in your country."

"In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the endless oceans."

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

"Of all that is sad, this is the saddest—that one soul when made conscious of life's hunger and inferior, other souls stand around it and keep it hungry and inferior."

"Time seems to pass slowly for those who are alone but quickly for those with friends."

"When love calls to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep."

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek."

"Reason is a feather on the wing of truth."

"And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb and flow of your tide, let him know its depths and its heights."

"Those who understand his aspirations understand him."

"Your children are not your children; you may give them your love, but not your thoughts."

"The earth laughs in flowers."

"Know thyself is the beginning of all wisdom."

"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind."

"Are you not more generous when you give of your heart rather than your possessions?"

"Among you are some who are born to be shapes and molders of matter."

"Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion."

"Your friend is your needs answered."

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

"The richest among you is but a pauper in the presence of such a being as myself."

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

"And life is but the love you gather and give away."

"Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream."