Kahlil Gibran

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream.

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream.

For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?

For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is
incumbent on me to know my read more

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is
incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know
its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very
atoms.

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am read more

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