The Prophet

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."

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

"You cannot judge a tree by its bark."

"Generosity is not in the giving of abundance but in the giving from your scarcity."

"And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."

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

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

"The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply."

"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find that only the thing which has given you sorrow is now giving you joy."

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked."

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

"Let your best be for your friend."

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

"Sorrow is your own sorrow. Yet much of your pain is self-chosen."

"How shall I rise beyond my days and nights unless I break my chains?"

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

"Your fear, would it could teach me! But it shows me only the breadth of your ignorance."

"Say not 'I have arrived at the truth' but rather 'I have arrived at a truth.'"

"And some of you are like still waters that reflect the stars."

"Rejoice with me then, for life, though cruel to the bitter, is sweet to the grateful."

"Are you not all the children of one father and one mother? And is he not the one father and mother?"

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

"For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."

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