He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
KHALIL GIBRANYesterday 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 truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.
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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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When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
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If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.
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Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.
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Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
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All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.
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Much of your pain is self-chosen.
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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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Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
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Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
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Be like the flower, turn your faces to the sun.
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You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.
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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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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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