Khalil Gibran ✓

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[Wikipedia] Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān, usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist. He was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of The Prophet, which was first published in the United States i

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• A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him,… Arrives
• He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. Inspirational
• The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is… Abhors
• Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity. Earth
• Each thing that exists remains forever, and that very existence of existence is proof of its eternity. But without that realization, which is the knowledge… Altered
• Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example before teaching by… Begin
• Yea, death and prison we mete out To small offenders of the laws, While honor, wealth, and full respect On greater pirates we bestow. To… Bestow
• You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life. Death
• How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper. Ant
• I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited… Agonized
• Life without Freedom is like a body without a soul, and Freedom without Thought is like a confused spirit. . . . Life, Freedom and… Body
• We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words. Inspirational
• Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices… Aged
• Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. Field
• Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring. Beneath
• Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the… Becomes
• Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight. Avoid
• Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress."… Bears
• Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world;… All
• Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is pitied, for Humanity… All
• Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts. Inspirational
• Enthusiasm is a volcano on whose top never grows the grass of hesitation. Enthusiasm
• You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you… Born
• Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. It enables us to perceive life as… Awakening
• Like sheaves of corn it gathers you unto itself. It threshes you to make you naked. It sifts you to free you from your husks.… All

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