Faraz says:
You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore
let us choose reasons to act that are big bold
righteous and eternal.
Barry Munro
Faraz says:
It is far better to be trusted and respected than it is to be liked.
Anonymous
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
On Friendship
By Khalil Gibran [Link sent by Faraz]
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~gm84/gibran19.html
And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay."
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.
And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And 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.
By Khalil Gibran [Link sent by Faraz]
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/~gm84/gibran19.html
And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay."
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.
And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness.
And 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.
I have always found good quotations interesting and at time inspiring as they are the gist of people with different experiences in life and gives you an oppurtunity to learn something through others experience and expression.
Am I making any sense here ? May be.
Here are some selected quotes from my dear friend Faraz's library:
He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one
day realize it. Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become...-James Allen
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully
human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.- Margaret Atwood
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you.
Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.- Helen Keller
A great man is always willing to be little.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most beautiful discovery true friends make
is that they can grow separately without growing apart.- Elisabeth Foley
Faraz's favourite as of this post date:
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure
that there is one less scoundrel in the world.- Thomas Carlyle
Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what
makes it permanent.
Marilyn vos Savant
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
Keep me from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy
which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow
before children.
Khalil Gibran
Am I making any sense here ? May be.
Here are some selected quotes from my dear friend Faraz's library:
He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one
day realize it. Dream lofty dreams and as you dream so shall you become...-James Allen
A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully
human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.- Margaret Atwood
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you.
Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.- Helen Keller
A great man is always willing to be little.- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most beautiful discovery true friends make
is that they can grow separately without growing apart.- Elisabeth Foley
Faraz's favourite as of this post date:
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure
that there is one less scoundrel in the world.- Thomas Carlyle
Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what
makes it permanent.
Marilyn vos Savant
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
Keep me from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy
which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow
before children.
Khalil Gibran