Kahlil Gibran

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark read more

You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose