The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.


Kahlil Gibran

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Even as the stone of t...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem les...
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Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear...
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تقولين لي أنك تخافين الحب
لماذا تخافينه يا صغيرتي ؟ ...
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And if our hands should meet in another dream, we shall build another tower in the sky.
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Nerede olursa olsun, toprağı kaz, bir hazine bulacaksın;
ama bir çiftçinin inancıyla kazm...
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No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowle...
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Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.
And though you se...
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Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.
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We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.
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You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done.
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You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your j...
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And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your h...
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Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.
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Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
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Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its ...
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Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth.
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Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveile...
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And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the de...
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It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
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In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-...
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The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the ...
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The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
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It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
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In the sweetness of friendship; let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew o...
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If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
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I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unki...
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God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
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Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born.
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Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have...
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatn...
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Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of trib...
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Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
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Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better tha...
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Your friend is your needs answered.
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Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
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Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
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We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.
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Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.
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The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul linger...
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نحن نتكلم عندما توصد أمامنا أبواب السلام عن افكارنا ، و...
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Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the peopl...
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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of li...
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Let your best be for your friend...
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Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower wit...
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Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body
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Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to
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