Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.
Khalil GibranWhen we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.
Khalil GibranSit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
Khalil GibranObserve the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
Khalil GibranWho can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It is not a garment I cast off this day, bit a skin that I tear with my own hands... Yet I cannot tarry longer.
Khalil Gibran