Khalil Gibran

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection.

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.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

They say to me, ‘If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him, for he may be dreaming of freedom.’ I say to them, ‘If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain freedom to him.’

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

Together they come, and when you sit alone with one, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.

Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.

I cannot teach you how to pray in words. God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.

Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?