Khalil Gibran

• O love, whose lordly hand
  Has bridled my desires,
  And raised my hunger and my thirst
  To dignity and pride,
  Let not the strong in me and the constant
  Eat the bread or drink the wine
  That tempt my weaker self.
  Let me rather starve,
  And let my heart parch with thirst,
  And let me die and perish,
  Ere I stretch my hand
  To a cup you did not fill,
  Or a bowl you did not bless.
  • "Love" from The Forerunner

Attributed:

• Do not say, 'I follow the one true path of the Spirit,' but rather, 'I have found the Spirit walking on my path', for the Spirit walks on all paths.

• Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

• Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution.

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