“The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese artist
Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League. Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire, to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran. Wikipedia
Born: January 6, 1883, Bsharri, Lebanon
Died: April 10, 1931, New York City, New York, United States
Movies: The Prophet, The Three Ants
Parents: Kamila Gibran, Khalil Gibran
Quotes
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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Does “lust for comfort” mean the want and the wish to relax and being lazy keeps us away from our passions ?
I’d say you got it. In general, I suppose it may be true enough, but not everyone has a passion of the soul. You’ve got to have a passion before it can be murdered.
Whaddaya Say?