The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.
KHALIL GIBRANMuch of your pain is self-chosen.
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Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.
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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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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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In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence.
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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 mother is everything – she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness.
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All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
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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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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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And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
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You are far, far greater than you know – and all is well.
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Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
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The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
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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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