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Upon Quotes by Khalil Gibran
- You cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty. Unbidden shall it call in the night, that men…
- Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.
- Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path.
- I discovered the secret of the sea in meditation upon a 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…
- Each thing that exists remains forever, and that very existence of existence is proof of its eternity. But without that realization, which is the knowledge…
- Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the…
- Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is pitied, for Humanity…
- To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach to a dolt…
- You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth./The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and…
- You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh.
- God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.
- My friend, be not like him who sits by his fireside and watches the fire go out, then blows vainly upon the dead ashes. Do…
- And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him…
- Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many…
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