Khalil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

• To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.

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

• If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

• I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange I am ungrateful to these teachers.

• You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in the days of abundance.