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Love is all I can possess and no one can deprive me of it. Kahlil Gibran (Visions of the Prophet)

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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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The heart's affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree if the tree loses one strong branch it will suffer but it does not die it will pour all its vitality into the next branch so that it will grow and fill the empty place.
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The only time a juggler / Appeals to me / Is when I see him / Miss the ball.
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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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A truly religious man does not embrace a religion and he who embraces one has no religion.
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Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” “Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving
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It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.
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And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
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He who denies his heritage, has no heritage
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And what word is knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?
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And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
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A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
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You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
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The wolves prey upon the lambs in the darkness of the night, but the blood stains remain upon the stones in the valley until the dawn comes, and the sun reveals the crime to all.
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Follow your heart. Your heart is the right guide in everything big. Mine is so limited. What you want to do is determined by that divine element that is in each of us.
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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
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And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?
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Poetry, my dear friends, is a sacred incarnation of a smile. Poetry is a sigh that dries the tears. Poetry is a spirit who dwells in the soul, whose nourishment is the heart, whose wine is affection. Poetry that comes not in this form is a false messiah.
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The tiny flame that lights up the human heart is like a blazing torch that comes down from heaven to light up the paths of mankind. For in one soul are contained the hopes and feelings of all Mankind.
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Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.
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