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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
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Am I less man because I believe in a greater man?
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A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your own mind.
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Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.
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He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
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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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Virtue tested: Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?
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Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.
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Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?
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I am the lover's gift I am the wedding wreath I am the memory of a moment of happiness I am the last gift of the living to the dead I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
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And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives. Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free hearted earth for mother, and God for father.
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