Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
KHALIL GIBRANHow distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.
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When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.
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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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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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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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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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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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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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And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.
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The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.
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If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
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A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.
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A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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