And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives. Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings; For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free hearted earth for mother, and God for father.
Khalil Gibranyou can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
Khalil GibranAnd as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree.
Khalil Gibran