From The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.

If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.

The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding.

The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests rhythm, nor the voice that echoes it.

And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you thither.

For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.

Great selection, Naya. Thank you.

The whole book is jammed with indisputable wisdom. I love it. One of my favourites from it:

"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart. You will see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight."

This is good stuff, do we have this in the Temple's Library by any chance?

No idea, but it should be. Believe it or not I got this as a quote used in one of my university study guides. I need to find the whole book and read it.

I don't believe it's out of copyright yet, but it's widely available online.

Yeah, I looked it up, its in the public domain just about everywhere in the world except the United States as they changed copywrite laws to expand to 95 years after death.....