Playing cards in Beirut (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
You will be surprised if you find your saint, whom you have been worshipping, playing cards. You will say, “My god, and I used to think that this man is a great saint.” But I don’t see any contradiction. Why can’t a great saint play cards? Yes, he will play cards without cheating, that I understand….But you will not allow your saints to dance.
But I say unto you: unless a saint is able to dance, he knows nothing…
You will never become young if you cannot laugh, if you cannot love, if you cannot dance, if you cannot sing.
— Osho, Reflections on Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet
