Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress." And the other oyster replied with haughty complacence, "Praise be to the heavens and to the sea, I have no pain within me. I am well and whole both within and without." At that moment a crab was passing by and heard the two oysters, and he said to the one who was well and whole both within and without, "Yes, you are well and whole; but the pain that your neighbor bears is a pearl of exceeding beauty."

Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery.

Love is all I can possess and no one can deprive me of it. Kahlil Gibran (Visions of the Prophet)

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

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

To barter and lose is better than not to go forth.