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We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting

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
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Live
Discover
Civilization
Beauty
Waiting
Else

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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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Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.
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For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all.
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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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Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.
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A word I want to see written on my grave: I am alive like you, and I am standing beside you. Close your eyes and look around, you will see me in front of you.
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What is fear of need but need itself?
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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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Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
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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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To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
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The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
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The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
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All work is empty save when there is love.
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Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?
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Rob a neighbour with a smile.
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For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
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Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
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Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?
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