Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
- Kahlil Gibran



Life without love is like a tree without blossom and fruit.
- Kahlil Gibran



The soil, in return for her service, keeps the tree tied to her; the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.
- Rabindranath Tagore



I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.
- Mark Twain



Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
- Mark Twain



Ethical man - a Christian holding four aces.
- Mark Twain



You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
- Kahlil Gibran