Gibran's masterpiece reveals Arabic spirituality at its finest. A Lebanese poet, philosopher and artist, he lived amongst us between 1883 and 1931. My copy of his work was published by Alfred A Knopf of New York in 1945. The quotations below are from longer pieces on each topic. And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
To know the pain of too much tenderness. Of Marriage Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.