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You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
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When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.
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In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.
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And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree.
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The sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light. But it is night that raises them to the stars.
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Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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Your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.
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Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.
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The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
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And alone and without his nest shall the Eagle fly across the sun.
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Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill.
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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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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
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Out of my deeper heart a bird rose and flew skywards. Higher and higher did it rise, yet larger and larger did it grow. At first it was but like a swallow, then a lark, then an eagle, then as vast as a spring cloud, and then it filled the starry heavens. Out of my heart a bird flew skywards. And it waxed larger as it flew. Yet it left not my heart.
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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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...unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed and others to hunger.
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Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful.
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God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
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