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 philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of… Abides
• Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death. Death
• We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers… Bade
• A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me. Another Woman
• But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you? You who travel with the wind, what weathervane shall… Bind
• life unfolds itself in mysteries ways. Inspirational
• The wolves prey upon the lambs in the darkness of the night, but the blood stains remain upon the stones in the valley until the… All
• I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes… Every Part
• When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born, And what is it to work… Affection
• Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you. Half
• It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who… Asked
• Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral. Comfort
• Love is quivering happiness. Happiness
• The feelings we live through in love and in loneliness are simply, for us, what high tide and low tide are to the sea. Feelings
• When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the… Absence
• Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the… Art
• Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. And that… Among
• Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons Aid
• Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and… Answered
• I love you, my brother, whoever you are - whether you worship in a church, kneel in your temple, or pray in your mosque. You… All
• I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prnts, And the wind will… Betwixt
• But memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more. Autumn
• And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good… Answered
• And now you ask in your heart, ‘How shall we distinguish that which is good in pleasure from that which is not good?’ Go to… Ask
• You often say ; I would give , but only to the deserving, The trees in your orchard say not so , nor the flocks… All

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