The ProphetKahlil Gibran
book · Item 212
A reason to turn the page
Evil is good tortured by hunger—what appetite inside you turns virtue into harm?
Discovery 8 of 15And he answered:
Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?
Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.