Khalil Gibran

The Teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

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

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Your friend is your needs answered.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.