Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
KHALIL GIBRANMother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.
More Khalil Gibran Quotes
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An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
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Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
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But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
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Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
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The silence of the envious is too noisy.
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If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.
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Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
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Much of your pain is self-chosen.
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Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
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The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.
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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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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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