The true wealth of a nation

The true wealth of a nation lies not in its gold or silver but in its learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.
(Khalil Gibran)

The true wealth of a nation

An eye for an eye

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
(Khalil Gibran)

An eye for an eye

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.
(Khalil Gibran)

I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.
(Khalil Gibran)

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
(Khalil Gibran)

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom

My loneliness was born

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.
(Khalil Gibran)

My loneliness was born

For in truth it is life

For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.
(Khalil Gibran)

For in truth it is life