Kahlil Gibran

And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil.And he answered :You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are not good .

You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps.Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping.For those who limp go not backwards.But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

But I say that even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you,So the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.

Fear not the phantom of death, My Countrymen, for his greatnessAnd mercy will refuse to approachYour smallness; and dread not the Dagger, for it will decline to beLodged in your shallow hearts.

To be modest in speaking truth is hypocrisy. TM-ST-95

In the summer heat the reapers say, __e have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair.

Shall the day of parting be the day of gathering?And shall it be said that my eve was in truth my dawn?

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.

You are my brother and I love you. I love you worshipping in your church, kneeling in your temple, and praying in your mosque. You and I and all are children of one religion, for the varied paths of religion are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being, extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, anxious to receive all.

I came here to be for all and with all,and what I do today in my solitudewill be echoed tomorrow by the multitude.What I say now with one heartwill be said tomorrow by thousands of hearts...

You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.

Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive.

You often say, __ would give, but only to the deserving.__he trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

Generosity is not in giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is in giving me that which you need more than I do.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.