THE PROPHET.

1. Children:

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And Master said:

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And through they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

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2. Marriage: 

Then woman spoke again and said, And what of marriage, master? And he answered saying:

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.

Aye, you shall be together even in the even in the silent memory of god.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness,

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another, but make not a bond love:

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

Even as the strings of a lute are alone, though they quiver with the same music.

Give Your hearts but not into each other's keeping.

For only the hand of life can contain your hearts.

And stand together yet not too near together;

For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

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3. Joy and Sorrow: 

Then a woman said, speak to us of Joy and Sorrow. And Master answered;

Your joy is your sorrow unmarked.

And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.

And how else can it be?

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.

Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?

And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

When you are joyous. like deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

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 delights. 

4. Clothes:

And the weaver said, speak yo us of clothes. And Master answered:

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.

And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain.

Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment,

For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind.

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