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 GIBRANIf 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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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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Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
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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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All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.
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The best love come from the heart, not from the mouth.
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All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.
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And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.
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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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Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
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Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.
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He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
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How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.
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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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All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
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Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.
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