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title: "5 Cups Quotes By Khalil Gibran"
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> [My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I do not and shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/my-yearning-is-my-cup-my-burning-thirst-is-my-drink-and-my-solitude/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/is-not-the-cup-that-holds-your-wine-the-very-cup-that-was-burned-in/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [You often say ; I would give , but only to the deserving, The trees in your orchard say not so ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/you-often-say-i-would-give-but-only-to-the-deserving-the-trees-in-2/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/your-joy-is-your-sorrow-unmasked-and-the-same-well-from-which-your/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/much-of-your-pain-is-self-chosen-it-is-the-bitter-potion-by-which-the-2/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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## Other authors on Cups

## More by Khalil Gibran

> [Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/your-pain-is-the-breaking-of-the-shell-that-encloses-your/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/if-you-are-poor-shun-association-with-him-who-measures-men-with-the/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/hate-is-a-dead-thing-who-of-you-would-be-a-tomb/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/seek-ye-counsel-of-the-aged-for-their-eyes-have-looked-on-the-faces/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/only-once-have-i-been-made-mute-it-was-when-a-man-asked-me-who-are-you/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/the-truly-just-is-he-who-feels-half-guilty-of-your-misdeeds/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [“follow the steps trust them and yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/follow-the-steps-trust-them-and-yourself/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/beauty-is-not-a-need-but-an-ecstasy-it-is-not-a-mouth-thirsting-nor/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/i-have-never-agreed-with-my-other-self-wholly-the-truth-of-the-matter/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [“That which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/that-which-sings-and-contemplates-in-you-is-still-dwelling-within-the/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/you-pray-in-your-distress-and-in-your-need-would-that-you-might-also/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [“The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it, And the clay that fills your ears shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/the-veil-that-clouds-your-eyes-shall-be-lifted-by-the-hands-that-wove/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/work-is-love-made-visible-and-if-you-cannot-work-with-love-but-only/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/joy-and-sorrow-are-inseparable-together-they-come-and-when-one-sits/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

> [Like the ocean is your god-self; It remains for ever undefiled. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. Even like the sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/like-the-ocean-is-your-god-self-it-remains-for-ever-undefiled-and/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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