"You who are strong and swift, see..." - Quote by Khalil Gibran

“You shall be held down by the chains of your own judgment.”

“It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.”

“Sorrow is too great to exist in small hearts.”

“I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.”

“If you make your best effort to be kinder, nurture compassion, make the world a better place, then you can say 'At least I've done my best.”

“Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?”

“Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass That every braggart will be found an ass.”

“In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies because of my arrogance.”

“I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer.”