Khalil Gibran Quotes
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
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The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
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Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.
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All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
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Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
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Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.
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If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
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Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
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A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
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Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
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I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
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Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
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What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
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Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
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Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
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You have your ideology and I have mine.