A reflection on inspirational quotes where I find my life a paradox between love and narcissism…could you please fill up my can with your wisdom?
Posted in JOY and SORROW, JOY and SORROW QUOTES, KHALIL GIBRAN QUOTES on Jul 15th, 2007 9 Comments »
Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.”
And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the […]
Posted in Kahlil Gibran's Letters, PLATONIC LOVE, KHALIL GIBRAN QUOTES, RELATIONSHIPS on Mar 22nd, 2007 15 Comments »
No human relation gives one possession in another - every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.~ Kahlil Gibran’s words from Mary Haskell’s journal (8 June 1924)
When Carlo gave me “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran, he quoted […]
Posted in KHALIL GIBRAN QUOTES, Philippines on Mar 20th, 2007 6 Comments »
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if it is the second, then you are an oasis in a desert.” - The New Frontier by Khalil Gibran
This statement […]