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Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

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
Joy
Wonder
Pain
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Dictionary
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Poetry
Deal
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A truly religious man does not embrace a religion and he who embraces one has no religion.
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Art is a step in the known toward the unknown
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And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.
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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 and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing.
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When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.
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It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.
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A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.
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Every man is two men one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.
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Where are you now, my beloved? Do you hear my weeping From beyond the ocean? Do you understand my need? Do you know the greatness of my patience?
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Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
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When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
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Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.
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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 a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.
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That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined. Is it not your breath that has erected and hardened the structure of your bones?
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A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.
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You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
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Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
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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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Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path.
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The longing for paradise is paradise itself.
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