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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• In a dream I saw Jesus and My God Pan sitting together in the heart of the forest. They laughed at each other's speech, with… Brook
• Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the… Bless
• Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Cute
• 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… Appreciation
• Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Adversity
• Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by… Attitude
• Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you… Belong
• 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… Bow
• 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… Awe
• 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. Beautiful Women
• I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. From
• 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… Dew
• If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were. Always Yours
• Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Brother
• Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. Becomes
• Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. Belief
• Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking. Caravan
• And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Been
• 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. Bow
• Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Dream
• Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Blossoms
• But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a… Bond
• A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. Acting
• March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on… Advice
• And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Adventure

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