When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.
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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And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
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A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
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All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.
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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
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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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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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The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.
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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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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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All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.
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Marriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth.
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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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