The Prophet, passage 493

And shall your flame or your smoke burden the wind?

The Prophet, passage 594

And when they reached my depth the streams and the rivers ceased not yet to sing.

The Prophet, passage 563

Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?

The Prophet, passage 232

You shall not fold your wings that you may pass through doors, nor bend your heads that they strike not against a ceiling, nor fear to breathe lest walls should crack and fall down.

The Prophet, passage 181

And I say that life is indeed darkness ‘save when there is urge,

The Prophet, passage 64

Now therefore disclose us to ourselves, and tell us all that has been shown you of that which is between birth and death.

The Prophet, passage 176

But I say to you that when you work you fulfil a part of earth’s furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born,

The Prophet, passage 81

Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

The Prophet, passage 408

There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.

The Prophet, passage 89

To know the pain of too much tenderness.

The Prophet, passage 343

And the priestess spoke again and said: Speak to us of _Reason and Passion_.

The Prophet, passage 405

And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.

The Prophet, passage 618

And behold I have found that which is greater than wisdom.

The Prophet, passage 463

And if you should enter into it to humble yourself you shall not be lifted:

The Prophet, passage 49

Let not the waves of the sea separate us now, and the years you have spent in our midst become a memory.

The Prophet, passage 152

Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings;

The Prophet, passage 347

Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.

The Prophet, passage 581

And though death may hide me, and the greater silence enfold me, yet again will I seek your understanding.

The Prophet, passage 233

You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.

The Prophet, passage 468

And I cannot teach you the prayer of the seas and the forests and the mountains.

The Prophet, passage 645

And others among you called unto me, not in words, and they said,

The Prophet, passage 134

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

The Prophet, passage 583

I go with the wind, people of Orphalese, but not down into emptiness;

The Prophet, passage 140

And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

The Prophet, passage 352

I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.

The Prophet, passage 335

And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed.

The Prophet, passage 156

But since you must kill to eat, and rob the newly born of its mother’s milk to quench your thirst, let it then be an act of worship,

The Prophet, passage 683

The stream has reached the sea, and once more the great mother holds her son against her breast.

The Prophet, passage 532

But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

The Prophet, passage 376

Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.”

The Prophet, passage 619

It is a flame spirit in you ever gathering more of itself,

The Prophet, passage 515

But the restless say, “We have heard her shouting among the mountains,

The Prophet, passage 456

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

The Prophet, passage 521

All these things have you said of beauty,

The Prophet, passage 635

Yet was it not your loving mindfulness of my days and my nights that made food sweet to my mouth and girdled my sleep with visions?

The Prophet, passage 541

And he who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage.

The Prophet, passage 410

And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.

The Prophet, passage 164

And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.”

The Prophet, passage 186

It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.

The Prophet, passage 530

People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.

The Prophet, passage 255

For the land and the sea shall be bountiful to you even as to us.”

The Prophet, passage 623

Whenever you pass by the field where you have laid your ancestors look well thereupon, and you shall see yourselves and your children dancing hand in hand.

The Prophet, passage 24

Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward,

The Prophet, passage 175

Always you have been told that work is a curse and labour a misfortune.

The Prophet, passage 314

They see only their shadows, and their shadows are their laws.

The Prophet, passage 564

Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?

The Prophet, passage 451

But in some of you that longing is a torrent rushing with might to the sea, carrying the secrets of the hillsides and the songs of the forest.

The Prophet, passage 371

And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.

The Prophet, passage 355

And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky,--then let your heart say in awe, “God moves in passion.”

The Prophet, passage 523

And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.