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Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?

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
Judgement
Treasure
Roots
Heard
Found
Earth
Men
Digging

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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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The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
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It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.
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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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A truly religious man does not embrace a religion and he who embraces one has no religion.
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If it were not for guests all houses would be graves.
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To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
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Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison?
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Your house is your larger body.
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Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful.
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Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
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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 house is your larger body. It grows in the sun and sleeps in the stillness of the night and it is not dreamless. Does not your house dream, and dreaming, leave the city for grove or hilltop?
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Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.
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Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.
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A root is a flower that disdains fame.
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Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body's element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space.
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Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
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The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad.
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