Kahlil Gibran

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

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.

Youth is a beautiful dream, on whose brightness books shed a blinding dust. Will ever the day come when the wise link the joy of knowledge to youth's dream? Will ever the day come when Nature becomes the teacher of man, humanity his book and life his school? Youth's joyous purpose cannot be fulfilled until that day comes. Too slow is our march toward spiritual elevation, because we make so little use of youth's ardor.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and your are the mirror.

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

You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.

All work is empty save when there is love; And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another and to God... Work is love made visible.