Khalil Gibran Quotes
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
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Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
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Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. 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.
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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
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No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
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Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
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The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
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Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.
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When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
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I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
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Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
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To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
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And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
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All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
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Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
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The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
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There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
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Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.