• There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me. The man who does not feel friendship towards himself is a public enemy, and he who finds no confidant within himself will die of despair. For life streams out of man's inner self and in no way from what surrounds him.

    Khalil Gibran: There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me.  The man who does not feel friendship towards himself is a public enemy, and he who finds no confidant within himself will die of despair.  For life streams out of man's inner self and in no way from what surrounds him.