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 subtlest beauties in our life are unseen and unheard. Beauties
• Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the… Admirable
• Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when… Companion
• He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit… Affection
• I am a poet who composes what life proses, and who proses what life composes. Composes
• Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end. All
• If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed… Day
• The soul is an embryo in the body of Man, and the day of death is the Day of awakening, for it is the Great… Awakening
• If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts. Aught
• Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words. Inspirational
• God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die… Approach
• My brothers, seek counsel of one another, for therein lies the way out of error and futile repentance. The wisdom of the many is your… Brother
• Youth is a beautiful dream, on whose brightness books shed a blinding dust. Will ever the day come when the wise link the joy of… Ardor
• They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see… Dream
• A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we… Beauty
• God has given you a spirit with wings on which to soar into the spacious firmament of Love and Freedom. Is it not pitiful than… Crawl
• Who among you does not feel that his power to love is boundless? And yet who does not feel that very love, though boundless, encompassed… Among
• The power to Love is God's greatest gift to man, For it never will be taken from the Blessed one who loves. Blessed
• My house says to me, "do not leave me, for here dwells your past." And the road says to me, "Come and follow me, for… All
• Poetry is not the opinion stated. It is a song that appears instead of a bloody wound or a smiling mouth. Appears
• The sea that calls all things unto her cals me, and I must embark. All
• He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true… Brother
• Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry. Life
• No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver. Descend
• You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours… According

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