The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
KHALIL GIBRANThe silence of the envious is too noisy.
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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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The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.
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You are far, far greater than you know – and all is well.
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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
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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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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
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Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.
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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
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Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.
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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
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When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.
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All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
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How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.
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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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Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
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He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
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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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How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.
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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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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.
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Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
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There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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