Kahlil Gibran, “Maxims”

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

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. I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste,

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, 

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

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

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