And the

priestess spoke
again and said
"Speak to us of Reason
and Passion." And he answered
saying:Your soul is oftentimes a
battlefield, upon which your reason and
your judgment wage war against passion and
your appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and
the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody. But
how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay,
the lovers of all your elements? Your reason and your passion are
the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or our
rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in
mid-seas.For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is
a flame that burns to its own destruction.Therefore let your soul exalt your
reason to the height of passion; that it may sing; And let it direct your passion
with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection,
and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.

REASON & PASSION

from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved
guests in your house.Surely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he
who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both. Among the hills,
when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests
in reason."And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the
forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky,
then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion." And
since you are a breath In God's sphere, and a leaf in God's
forest, you too should rest in reason and move in
passion.

Reason
&
Passion
from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
And
the priestess spoke again and said
"Speak to us of Reason and Passion." And he
answered saying:Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield,
upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against
passion and your appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in
your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into
oneness and melody.
But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your
elements? Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.
If either your sails or our rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a
standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended,
is a flame that burns to its own destruction.Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the
height of passion; that it may sing; And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion
may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.
I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved
guests in your house.Surely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is
more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both. Among the hills, when you sit in the
cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason."
And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and
thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, then let your
heart say in awe, "God moves in passion." And since you are a
breath In God's sphere, and a leaf in God's forest, you too
should rest in reason and move in passion.

Reason & Passion

And the priestess

spoke again and said

"Speak to us of
Reason and Passion."

Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the

height of passion; that it may sing; And let it
direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection,

And he answered saying:

Your soul is oftentimes
a battlefield, upon which
your reason and your judgment
wage war against passion
and your appetite.

And like the Pheonix, rise above its own ashes.

I would have you consider your judgment and your
appetite even as you would two loved guests in your
house. Surely you would not honour one guest
above the other; for he who is more mindful of one
loses the love and the faith of both.

Would that I could be

the peacemaker in your soul,
that I might turn the discord
and the rivalry of your elements
into oneness and melody.

Among the hills, when you sit in the cool

shade of the white poplars, sharing the
peace and serenity of distant fields and
meadows - then let your heart say in
silence, "God rests in reason."

But how shall I, unless And when the storm comes,

you yourselves be also the and the mighty wind shakes the forest,
peacemakers, nay, the lovers and thunder and lightning proclaim the
of all your elements? majesty of the sky, then let your heart
Your reason and your passion
are the rudder and the sails of your
seafaring soul. If either your sails or
our rudder be broken, you can but
toss and drift, or else be held at a
standstill in mid-seas.
For reason, ruling alone, is a
force confining; and passion,
unattended, is a flame that
burns to its own destruction.

say in awe, God moves in passion."

and since you are a breath In God's
sphere, and a leaf in God's forest,
you too should rest in reason
and move in passion.

From The Prophet

by Khalil Gibran

Reason & Passion

And the priestess spoke

again and said "Speak to us

of Reason and Passion."
And he answered saying:
Your soul is oftentimes a
battlefield, upon which your
reason and your judgment
wage war against passion
and your appetite.

Would that I could be

the peacemaker in your
soul, that I might turn the
discord and the rivalry
of your elements into
oneness and melody.

But how shall I, unless you

yourselves be also the
peacemakers, nay, the lovers
of all your elements? Your
reason and your passion are
the rudder and the sails of
your seafaring soul.

If either your sails or our

rudder be broken, you can
but toss and drift, or else be
held at a standstill in mid-seas.
For reason, ruling alone, is a
force confining; and passion,
unattended, is a flame that
burns to its own destruction.

Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion;
that it may sing; And let it direct your passion with reason, that your
passion may live through its own daily resurrection,
and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.

I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.Surely you
would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both. Among
the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason."
And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder
and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, then let your heart say in awe,
"God moves in passion." and since you are a breath In God's sphere,
and a leaf in God's forest, you too should rest in reason and move in passion.

The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

And the
priestess spoke
again and said "Speak to
us of Reason and Passion." And
he answered saying:Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and
your judgment wage war against passion and your
appetite. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your
soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements
into oneness and melody.
But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all
your elements? Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring
soul. If either your sails or our rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that
burns to its own destruction.Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion; that it may sing;
And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the
phoenix rise above its own ashes.
I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.Surely you would not honour
one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both. Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of
the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason."
And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, then
let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion." And since you are a breath In God's sphere, and a leaf in God's forest, you too
should rest in reason and move in passion.

REASON & PASSION

from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran

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