A quote from The Prophet
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A quote from The Prophet
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
— Kahlil Gibran
What the great theologian found incompatible with Paradise was not sexual intercourse and the attendant pleasure; what he found incompatible with Paradise was excitement. Bear in mind: There was pleasure in Paradise, but no excitement.
Milan Kundera • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
You and I are called to the upper realm (and it is calling to us), but we're having a pretty good time (sometimes) down here in the sphere of the senses.