Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
KHALIL GIBRANWhen 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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How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.
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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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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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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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I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy.
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Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
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And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.
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All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
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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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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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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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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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