They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price. – Khalil Gibran
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. – Khalil Gibran
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. – Khalil Gibran
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. – Khalil Gibran
In later times wise men were never wanting who endeavoured to restore among their contemporaries primitive habits and ways of living, to bring mankind back to the observance of those simple and rational rules of life to which the ancients owed their health and strength. – Sebastian Kneipp, 1889, translated from German, introduction to Thus Shalt Thou