"You have been told that life is darkness, and in your tiredness you repeat what was said by tired people.
And I say that life is indeed darkness until urge awakens,
And all urge is blind until there is knowledge,
And all knowledge is vain until there is work,
And all work is empty without love;
And when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.
And what is it to work with love?
It is to create a cloth with cotton drawn from your heart, as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.
It is to build a house with affection, as if your beloved were to live in that house.
It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.
It is to fill all things you do, with a breath of your soul."
-- Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
