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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

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
Heart
Tree
Brooks
Love
Desire
Fulfill
Life
Running
Melody
Like
Night
Dawn
Brook
Another
Thanks
Winged
Give
Wake
Blossoms
Without
Fruit
Melt
Giving
Loving
Sings

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Your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.
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Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.
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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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The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.
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Remembrance is a form of meeting.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
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As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music.
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Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
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Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
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He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
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Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality
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Yea, death and prison we mete out To small offenders of the laws, While honor, wealth, and full respect On greater pirates we bestow. To steal a flower we call mean. To rob a field is chivalry Who kills the body he must die, Who kills the spirit he goes free.
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And what word is knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?
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It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.
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The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
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Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east.
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Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.
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In the mouth of Society are many diseased teeth, decayed to the bones of the jaws. But Society makes no effort to have them extracted and be rid of the affliction. It contents itself with gold fillings.
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Love has the power that dispels death charm that conquers the enemy.
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