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He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
Khalil Gibran
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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
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The Spring
Gibran Khalil Gibran
Jubran Khalil Jubran
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All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a different path to eternity, there would be no human who should offer worship.
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Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling.
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Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.
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The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed.
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And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.
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You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.
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Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts.
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The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is healed or dead.
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