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 though 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.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness; For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
— Kahlil Gibran
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Expect Nothing and You will Never be Disappointed
“Instead of complaining about your circumstances, get busy and create some new ones.”
“Don’t worry about those who talk behind your back, they are behind you for a reason.”
“We should love, not fall in love, because everything that falls, gets broken.”
“If you get tired, learn to rest not to quit!”
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Most Famous Quotes by ‘Albert Einstein’ on Everything
The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.
Be the reason somebody’s faith in humanity is restored.
You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger.
“Sometimes life doesn’t give you what you want, not because you don’t deserve it, but because you deserve so much more.”
Be Happy Be Yourself, if others don’t like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn’t about pleasing everybody.
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