The passage discusses the nature of love and relationships. It advises being close to others but also maintaining independence. Love others freely but do not become overly attached or dependent on them. While sharing life together, it is also important to retain individuality and space, like pillars in a temple or trees growing separately. True love is given freely without expectation of something in return.
The passage discusses the nature of love and relationships. It advises being close to others but also maintaining independence. Love others freely but do not become overly attached or dependent on them. While sharing life together, it is also important to retain individuality and space, like pillars in a temple or trees growing separately. True love is given freely without expectation of something in return.
The passage discusses the nature of love and relationships. It advises being close to others but also maintaining independence. Love others freely but do not become overly attached or dependent on them. While sharing life together, it is also important to retain individuality and space, like pillars in a temple or trees growing separately. True love is given freely without expectation of something in return.
"Love one another, but make not contain your hearts.
joyous, but let each one of you be
a bond of love: And stand together, yet not too alone. Let it rather be a moving seas near together: Even as the strings of a lute are between the shores of your souls. For the pillars of the temple stand alone though they quiver with the Fill each other's cup, but drink apart, same music. not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread grow not in each other's shadow." Give your hearts, but not into but eat not from the same loaf. - Kahlil Gibran each other's keeping. Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can "Love one another, but make not joyous, but let each one of you be contain your hearts. a bond of love: alone. And stand together, yet not too Let it rather be a moving seas Even as the strings of a lute are near together: between the shores of your souls. alone though they quiver with the For the pillars of the temple stand Fill each other's cup, but drink same music. apart, not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread Give your hearts, but not into grow not in each other's shadow." but eat not from the same loaf. each other's keeping. - Kahlil Gibran Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can joyous, but let each one of you be "Love one another, but make not contain your hearts. alone. a bond of love: And stand together, yet not too Even as the strings of a lute are Let it rather be a moving seas near together: alone though they quiver with the between the shores of your souls. For the pillars of the temple stand same music. Fill each other's cup, but drink apart, not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give your hearts, but not into Give one another of your bread grow not in each other's shadow." each other's keeping. but eat not from the same loaf. - Kahlil Gibran For only the hand of Life can Sing and dance together and be "Love one another, but make not contain your hearts. joyous, but let each one of you be a bond of love: And stand together, yet not too alone. Let it rather be a moving seas near together: Even as the strings of a lute are between the shores of your souls. For the pillars of the temple stand alone though they quiver with the Fill each other's cup, but drink apart, same music. not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread grow not in each other's shadow." Give your hearts, but not into but eat not from the same loaf. - Kahlil Gibran each other's keeping. Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can "Love one another, but make not joyous, but let each one of you be contain your hearts. a bond of love: alone. And stand together, yet not too Let it rather be a moving seas Even as the strings of a lute are near together: between the shores of your souls. alone though they quiver with the For the pillars of the temple stand Fill each other's cup, but drink same music. apart, not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread Give your hearts, but not into grow not in each other's shadow." but eat not from the same loaf. each other's keeping. - Kahlil Gibran Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can "Love one another, but make not contain your hearts. joyous, but let each one of you be a bond of love: And stand together, yet not too alone. Let it rather be a moving seas near together: Even as the strings of a lute are between the shores of your souls. For the pillars of the temple stand alone though they quiver with the Fill each other's cup, but drink apart, same music. not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread grow not in each other's shadow." Give your hearts, but not into but eat not from the same loaf. - Kahlil Gibran each other's keeping. Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can "Love one another, but make not joyous, but let each one of you be contain your hearts. a bond of love: alone. And stand together, yet not too Let it rather be a moving seas Even as the strings of a lute are near together: between the shores of your souls. alone though they quiver with the For the pillars of the temple stand Fill each other's cup, but drink same music. apart, not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread Give your hearts, but not into grow not in each other's shadow." but eat not from the same loaf. each other's keeping. - Kahlil Gibran Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can joyous, but let each one of you be "Love one another, but make not contain your hearts. alone. a bond of love: And stand together, yet not too Even as the strings of a lute are Let it rather be a moving seas near together: alone though they quiver with the between the shores of your souls. For the pillars of the temple stand same music. Fill each other's cup, but drink apart, not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give your hearts, but not into Give one another of your bread grow not in each other's shadow." each other's keeping. but eat not from the same loaf. - Kahlil Gibran For only the hand of Life can Sing and dance together and be "Love one another, but make not contain your hearts. joyous, but let each one of you be a bond of love: And stand together, yet not too alone. Let it rather be a moving seas near together: Even as the strings of a lute are between the shores of your souls. For the pillars of the temple stand alone though they quiver with the Fill each other's cup, but drink apart, same music. not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread grow not in each other's shadow." Give your hearts, but not into but eat not from the same loaf. - Kahlil Gibran each other's keeping. Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can "Love one another, but make not joyous, but let each one of you be contain your hearts. a bond of love: alone. And stand together, yet not too Let it rather be a moving seas Even as the strings of a lute are near together: between the shores of your souls. alone though they quiver with the For the pillars of the temple stand Fill each other's cup, but drink same music. apart, not from one cup. And the oak tree and the cypress Give one another of your bread Give your hearts, but not into grow not in each other's shadow." but eat not from the same loaf. each other's keeping. - Kahlil Gibran Sing and dance together and be For only the hand of Life can "Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving seas 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.