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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• You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. Backward
• Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness, for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow… Archer
• Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion. Ate
• Follow your heart. Your heart is the right guide in everything big. Mine is so limited. What you want to do is determined by that… Big
• He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it. Accomplish
• The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live… Abdicated
• Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling. Cleverness
• The tiny flame that lights up the human heart is like a blazing torch that comes down from heaven to light up the paths of… All
• Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges? Find
• Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart? Awakened
• When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life. All
• Education sows not seeds in you, but makes your seeds grow. Education
• If any of you would bring judgment the unfaithful wife, let him also weight the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul… Any
• A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. Apple
• A minute moving among the patterns of beauty and the dreams of love is greater and more precious than an age filled with splendor granted… Age
• He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving. Alone
• I want every image to be the beginning of an unseen image. Beginning
• The only time a juggler / Appeals to me / Is when I see him / Miss the ball. Appeals
• Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison? All
• What the soul knows is often unknown to the man who has a soul. We are infinitely more than we think. Infinitely
• O love, whose lordly hand Has bridled my desires, And raised my hunger and my thirst To dignity and pride, Let not the strong in… Bless
• In truth we gaze but do not see, and hearken but do not hear; we eat and drink but do not taste. And there lies… All
• He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing in awe in… Awe
• I have pondered long, and I know now that only the pure of heart forgive the thirst that leads to dead waters. And only the… Dead
• I would tell you more of Him, but how shall I? When love becomes vast love becomes wordless. And when memory is overladen it seeks… Becomes

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