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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• The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you… Cannot Reveal
• You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heath of life? The owl whose… Behold
• They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against… Any
• The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness... Beautiful
• You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive… Abundance
• Science and religion are in full accord, but science and faith are in complete discord. Accord
• Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires. All
• And before my Soul took me to task I was hard of hearing; I heard only tumult and uproar. But now I am all ears… Addiction
• The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that… Atom
• Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many… Ache
• Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path. Found
• There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as… Breathe
• In the depths of your hopes and desires, lies your silent knowledge of the beyond, and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams… Beneath
• If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning. Accept
• Each day look into your conscience and amend your faults; if you fail in this duty you will be untrue to the Knowledge and Reason… Amend
• Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost. Hate
• Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits. Embodied
• To love life through our labor is to be intimate with life's inmost secrets. Inmost
• The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know.... Ageless
• All work is empty save when there is love. All
• Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy, you may… Beauty
• I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a dewdrop. Dewdrop
• Know, therefore, that from the greater silence I shall return... Forget not that I shall come back to you... A little while, a moment of… Another Woman
• The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds. Democracy
• Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed? See… Bosom

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