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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• Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work… Alms
• If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. Blame
• Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. Beautiful Women
• Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. Content
• Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Charity
• Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Beauty
• Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Breaking
• When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your… Been
• Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. Feeling Sad
• I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. Among
• Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. Advance
• I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Affection
• Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being. Beautiful
• If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. Always Remember
• If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? Anger
• To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. Achieved
• You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Challenges
• Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all. All
• For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Death
• We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. Attitude
• Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Aspiration
• The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. Bliss
• Love is trembling happiness. Happiness
• Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I… Charity
• If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. Better

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