Quotes and Art by Kahlil Gibran

"God has placed in each soul
an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from
without, unaware that is within them."

"If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was
hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his
soul."

"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of
Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their
souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot
visit, not even in your dreams."

"Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today
we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love."

"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents."

"I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the
intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet strange, I am ungrateful
to these techers."
"The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose."

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them."

"Half of what I say is meaningless but I say it so that the other half may reach you."
"Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a
running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with
a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving."