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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
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The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.
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Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.
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Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
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Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them.
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A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.
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Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path.
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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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He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.
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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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