The Prophet

"And forget not that the tree loves rooting the more when it climbs to the sky."

"You have appointed me to break your fetters and fill your cup to the brim."

"My soul made a vow to the soul of the city, and in the valley of its regret my soul fulfils her covenant."

"There is a clamour in the market place, and we who speak would not be heard."

"Generosity is not in the giving of the heart, but in the understanding that all belongs to all."

"Are you not more generous when you give of yourself?"

"Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished."

"He who hath ears to hear, let him hear."

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

"The murdered is not unaccountable for his own murder, nor the robbed innocent of his own robbery."

"Oftentimes we call life that which is only the shadow of life, and we call the shadow life."

"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."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Sorrow is your own sorrow."

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

"Your joy is your sorrow unmasked."