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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• Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive. Attracts
• If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully. Beautifully
• It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body Become Part
• For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes… Await
• My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I do not and shall not quench my… Burning
• The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor. Barren
• My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul taught me, I… Abroad
• Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may… Break
• And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles. Feet
• Your thought describes laws, courts, judges, punishments. Mine explains that when man makes a law, he either violates it or obeys it. If there is… All
• A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes. Inspirational
• There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea. Sacred
• Then it is also in my heart to be worthy of your hate. Hate
• Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future. Beloved
• I have passed the mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the firmament of Complete and unbounded freedom; I am in comfort, I am… Comfort
• Only love and death will change all things. All
• Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. From
• Sow a seed and the earth will yield you a flower. Dream your dream to the sky and it will bring you your beloved. Beloved
• Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other. Each
• Love is the veil between lover and lover. Love
• Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like the roar of… Belief
• For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all. All
• Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that… All
• Man is like the foam of the sea, that floats upon the surface of the water. When the wind blows, it vanishes, as if it… Been
• Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man's life, and it is the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in all its tragic… All

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