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For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?

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
Spiritual
Good
Tortured
Thirst
Hunger
Evil

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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 own hunger and thirst? Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.
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God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
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Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery.
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A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.
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When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
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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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Your house is your larger body.
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Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
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You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.
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When God created Man, he gave him Music as a language different from all other languages. And early man sang his glory in the wilderness and drew the hearts of kings and moved them from their thrones.
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You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth./The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
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Sow a seed and the earth will yield you a flower. Dream your dream to the sky and it will bring you your beloved.
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Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.
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Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.
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I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes.
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Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth.
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Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.
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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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