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As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease.

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
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Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
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Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
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A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.
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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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Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end.
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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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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.
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Every man is two men one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.
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Your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.
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