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 GIBRANTrust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
More Khalil Gibran Quotes
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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
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A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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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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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
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Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
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Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
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He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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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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Be like the flower, turn your faces to the sun.
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
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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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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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How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream.
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