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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• It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity… Affinity
• Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already… All
• For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Evil
• But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its… Another Day
• You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun. Evil
• In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of… All
• And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons. All
• Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties… Bonds
• They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself. All
• No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in… Already Lies
• Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes. Agree
• Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Artistry
• Do not fear the thorns in your path, for they draw only corrupt blood. Blood
• As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music. Apart
• Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you. Advice
• The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really… According
• They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a… Days
• Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and… Caves
• Your reason and your passion are your rudder and sails of your seafaring soul, if either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can… Alone
• The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. Act
• Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of a people who… Content
• When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind. Doe
• For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger. Bake
• The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons. Country
• Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. Bleeding

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