"To Thine Own Self Be True"

"To thine own self be true"
[Shakespeare, Hamlet]


"Say not, 'I have found the truth,'
But rather, 'I have found a truth.'
Say not, 'I have found the path of the soul.'
Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.'
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals. "
[Khalil Gibran]


"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips,
And sound is a diversion and a pastime.
For thought is a bird of space,
That in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly."
[Khalil Gibran]


"When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational, or repugnant."
[ Octavio Paz]


THE IRONY OF SELFLESSNESS

"If when dealing with others,
We express but our love
Through our thoughts and actions,
We reach within their being
And ignite in them the recognition
Of a perspective wider in things.
We offer them the key,
That eventually opens the heart,,
Heightens it's wisdom,
And prepares it's concession
For that which is good for the whole".
[C J Oliver Mbamara]