Monday, 6 January 2014

Safeguarding the rights of others

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
(Khalil Gibran)



Safeguarding the rights of others

When you are sorrowful

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
(Khalil Gibran)



When you are sorrowful

The real test

The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.
(Khalil Gibran)



The real test

One day you will ask me

One day you will ask me which is more important. My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
(Khalil Gibran)



One day you will ask me

No human relation gives one possession

No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.
(Khalil Gibran)



No human relation gives one possession

Work is love made visible

Work is love made visible. And if you can’t work with love, but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy
(Khalil Gibran)



Work is love made visible

The timeless in you is aware

The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.
(Khalil Gibran)



The timeless in you is aware