Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
KHALIL GIBRANSit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
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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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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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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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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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All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.
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Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
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Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
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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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Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
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An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
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Love is timeless. Death does not separate the lover from the beloved.
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All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.
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It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
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