I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
Khalil GibranRead
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
Interpretation
The quote suggests the value of time is not measured in material wealth, and criticizes those who trade time for money.
Khalil Gibran reflects on the intrinsic value of life and time, asserting that sacrificing one's days for material gain is a sign of madness. He challenges the perception that time can be quantified in monetary terms, presenting a critique of a society that prioritizes wealth over the richness of experience and existence.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of work-life balance, I would quote Gibran to emphasize valuing time over money.
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
Be patient, for it is from doubt that knowledge is born.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away.
No matter what the reason, if you start to scream and shout, you look a fool, and you feel a fool, and you earn the disrespect of everyone.
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.
Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.
My favorite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.