http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/kahlil-gibran-work en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;Always you have been told that work is a curse and labour a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfil a part of earth&rsquo;s furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born, And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life, And to love life through labor is to be intimate with life&rsquo;s inmost secret.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">~ Kahlil Gibran, 20th century Syrian-born mystic poet, philosopher, and artist</p><p align="center">from <em>The Prophet</em></p><p>Love life through labor.</p><p><u><strong> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:11 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:152:152 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/152