Much of your pain is self-chosen.
KHALIL GIBRANSit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
More Khalil Gibran Quotes
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
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One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
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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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You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.
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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.
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An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
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Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.
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Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. It enables us to perceive life as a beautiful dream between one awakening and another.
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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
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The best love come from the heart, not from the mouth.
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