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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The magic thing about home is that it feels good to leave, and it feels even better to come back.

Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.

“Show your anger when needed. People need to know what irritates you and what doesn’t. But, crucially, remain internally calm. Your anger is only a tool. Don’t become its puppet.”

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.

“If it’s important you’ll find a way. If it’s not, you’ll find an excuse.”

I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who needs help… Because beauty is required in the heart, not in face…

“What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. Love. We all lean towards love.”

“Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.”

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“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”

“Don’t lose hope. When the sun goes down, the stars come out.”

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