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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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You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.
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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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The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.
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Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.
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In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond.
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Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
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I came here to be for all and with all, and what I do today in my solitude will be echoed tomorrow by the multitude. What I say now with one heart will be said tomorrow by thousands of hearts.
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Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness, for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable.
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Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.
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But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.
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Poetry is not the opinion stated. It is a song that appears instead of a bloody wound or a smiling mouth.
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It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body
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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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No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver.
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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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And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
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