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Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.

Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran
Age: 48 †
Born: 1883
Born: January 6
Died: 1931
Died: April 10
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Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed? See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.
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You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
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When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison. And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful.
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The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds.
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If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.
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The longing for paradise is paradise itself.
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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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A fox looked at his shadow at sunrise and said, “I will have a camel for lunch today.” And all morning he went about looking for camels. But at noon he saw his shadow again-and he said, “A mouse will do.
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Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
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Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder.
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Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.
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When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.
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When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.
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In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.
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He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.
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Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks without mercy and compassion. You visit not the sick and the imprisoned nor do you feed the hungry or give refuge to the stranger or comfort to the mourner.
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Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
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The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.
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