Quotes from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet

Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet is one of those books that swell with wisdom. Below are a few quotes from the book”

• "... for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfillment."
• Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
• MUCH of your pain is self–chosen.
• It is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee. For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life, And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love, And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
• Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror
• YOUR daily life is your temple and your religion. Whenever you enter into it take with you your all.
• “You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
• “To belittle, you have to be little.”
• "And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course."
• "To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."
• "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
• "The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain."