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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

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
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The Spring
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Jubran Khalil Jubran
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The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remain hovering over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves. I am one of those who remembers those places regardless of distance or time.
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Every beauty and greatness in this world is created by a single thought or emotion inside a man. Every thing we see today, made by past generations, was, before its appearance, a thought in the mind of a man or an impulse in the heart of a woman.
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He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
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I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prnts, And the wind will blow away the foam, But the sea and the shore will remain forver
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Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
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The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
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History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.
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Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about them, are closely related to your self-confidence and your self-doubt.
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Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.
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Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other.
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Your reason and your passion are your rudder and sails of your seafaring soul, if either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.
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The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you will find that it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
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Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But should you hide behind your own shell, then it would be useless for anyone to seek you.
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Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder.
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I want every image to be the beginning of an unseen image.
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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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Tell your secret to the wind, but don't blame it for telling the trees.
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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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