When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
与朋友分别时,不必悲伤;他身上你最爱的部分,或许会在别离后更加清晰,正如登山者站在平原上,反而更能看清山峰。
— Kahlil Gibran · The Prophet (1923) · On Friendship —