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You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done.

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
Reaching
Towards
Progress
Done
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And what word is knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you will find that it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
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One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.
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Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But should you hide behind your own shell, then it would be useless for anyone to seek you.
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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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Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth.
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And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.
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Your body is the harp of the soul.
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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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For the sight of the angry weather saddens my soul and the sight of the town, sitting like a bereaved mother beneath layers of ice, oppresses my heart.
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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
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A minute moving among the patterns of beauty and the dreams of love is greater and more precious than an age filled with splendor granted by the weak to the strong.
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In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.
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Much of your pain is self-chosen.
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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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In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe to all men.
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