Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.
Khalil GibranThere are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.
Khalil GibranMy loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.
Khalil GibranVerily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.
Khalil Gibran