I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. – Khalil Gibran
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. – Khalil Gibran
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. – Khalil Gibran
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. – Khalil Gibran
Only the explorer of steep and narrow trails inaccessible to cattle makes acquaintance with flowers in a grazing country. The large scale of all the physical features of California tends to monotony of vegetable life. The same trees cover miles of country. Only those who climb find variety. – Isabella G. Oakley, “Santa Barbara of Today,” in Sunset, May 1904
You dont want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colours from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them. – Richard Bach