How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.
KHALIL GIBRANThe best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
More Khalil Gibran Quotes
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Let your best be for your friend.
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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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Marriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth.
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Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
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An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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The Mother is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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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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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
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If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.
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Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
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He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
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All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
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