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 GIBRANBut 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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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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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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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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A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words.
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Love is timeless. Death does not separate the lover from the beloved.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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Rest in reason. Move in Passion.
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Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.
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Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
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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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Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
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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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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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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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