Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
KHALIL GIBRANMarriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth.
More Khalil Gibran Quotes
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Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.
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You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.
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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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Be like the flower, turn your faces to the sun.
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Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
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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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Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
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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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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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An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
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Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.
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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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The Mother is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.
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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
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Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.
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