Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
KHALIL GIBRANYour pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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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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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
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All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.
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Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
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Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.
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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
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The best love come from the heart, not from the mouth.
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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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Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.
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All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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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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Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.
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