Kahlil Gibran

“Joy and sorrow are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”

“Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.”

“We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.”

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

“And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.”

“When the love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep.”

“And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.”

“And when he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.”

“For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.”

“Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.”

“But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.”

“Said a sheet of snow-white paper: 'Pure was I created, and pure will I remain forever.'”

“To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.”

“When you give of your possessions you give but little. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”

“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.”

“And there are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty.”

“And there are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.”

“And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.”

“And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue.”