There 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 GibranWhen you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.
Khalil GibranLet there be spaces in your togetherness...just as strings of a lute dance alone though they quiver with the same music.
Khalil GibranYou pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
Khalil GibranYour joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
Khalil Gibran