The Prophet

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"Work is love made visible."

"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."

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

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

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

"The moment my eyes fall upon you I have need of patience."

"And an old priest said, 'Speak to us of Religion.' And he said: Have I spoken unto you of that which is the very spirit of religion?"

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

"The righteous is not he who says 'I am righteous,' but he whose acts prove his righteousness."

"When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense."

"I love the laughter of the poor, for it is the laughter of those who have survived."

"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts."

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

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

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

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

"The butterfly and I feel the same about flowers."

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"Awakening should not mean going back to sleep, even a deeper sleep than before."

"You will continue to send showers of words, but I will say that life speaks in a language all creatures understand."

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

"The oak fights the wind and is broken, the willow bends when it must and survives."