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A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
Friend
Valleys
Hand
Passings
Away
Visible
Hands
Clearly
Sometimes
Passing
Inhabit
Much
Inspiring
Nearer
Mountain
Valley
Friendship
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And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
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A voice cannot carry the tongue and the lips that gave it wings. Alone must it seek the ether. And alone and without his nest shall the eagle fly across the sun.
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Your body is the harp of the soul.
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A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.
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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 in peace.
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And what word is knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?
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If we were to all sit in a circle and confess our sins, we would laugh at each other for lack of originality.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
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When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.
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Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
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I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
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For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
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If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.
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He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
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