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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• When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay. And when he is… Absence
• Love that is cleansed by tears will remain eternally pure and beautiful. Beautiful
• Make me, oh God, the prey of the Lion, ere you make the rabbit my prey God
• My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am thy yesterday and thou are my tomorrow. I am they root in the earth and thou… Aim
• The heart's affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does… Affection
• The human heart cries out for help; the human soul implores us for deliverance; but we do not heed their cries, for we neither hear… Call
• Poetry, my dear friends, is a sacred incarnation of a smile. Poetry is a sigh that dries the tears. Poetry is a spirit who dwells… Affection
• Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of… Cry
• From a sensitive woman's heart springs the happiness of mankind, and from the kindness of her noble spirit comes mankind's affection. Affection
• And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices… Angel
• You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the… Bereavement
• Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder. Enthusiasm
• If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality. All
• Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon. Defense
• Life is the mistress to be wooed. Inspirational
• And if there come the singers, and the dancers and the flute players - buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of… Bring
• Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the… All
• A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your own mind. Inspirational
• Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells. Backbone
• Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun. Face
• People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing… Beauty
• In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond... Beyond
• To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy. Blame
• Be patient, for it is from doubt that knowledge is born. Born
• I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I found myself mute. Fire

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