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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• Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms. Been
• Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. Attitude
• Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. Deepening
• Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Bitter
• Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. Arcane
• Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. Cute
• The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. Among
• You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days… Abundance
• Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If… Asking
• Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. Among
• Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. Bliss
• There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. Give
• Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Advancing
• Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Dash
• You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Arrows
• I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. All
• All that spirits desire, spirits attain. All
• Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be. All
• To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. Ability
• Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. Anger
• Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them. Act
• Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. Coming
• All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. All
• Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Found
• The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master. Becomes

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