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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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Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.
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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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And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
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Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination.
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And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree.
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Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.
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In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe to all men.
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For truth and the spirit will abide with the morrow.
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Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east.
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Am I less man because I believe in a greater man?
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Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?
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Let your best be for your friend.
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I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prnts, And the wind will blow away the foam, But the sea and the shore will remain forver
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
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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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Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive.
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Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
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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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