Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
KHALIL GIBRANEvery man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.
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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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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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A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
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The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.
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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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There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.
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The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
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The Mother is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.
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All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
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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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You are far, far greater than you know – and all is well.
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