Poetry

Wise words from Kahlil Gibran 

Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. If you want to know more visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlil_Gibran for a short introduction. 

On Children

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

On life 

“To belittle, you have to be little.” 
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet