The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.


Kahlil Gibran

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I love you, my brother, whoever you are - whether you worship in a church, kneel in your temple, or ...
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Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
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Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and you are the mirror.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Even as the stone of t...
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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...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
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.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its ...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
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.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
KAHLIL GIBRAN
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
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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