Excerpt from The Prophet

“who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret”

“It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands”

“Sons of my ancient mother, you riders of the tides, How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream”

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

“Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping”

“It is when you give of yourself that you truly give”