To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
KHALIL GIBRANPrayer 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.
More Khalil Gibran Quotes
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Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
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Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
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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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But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.
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A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.
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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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Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.
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A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.
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You are far, far greater than you know – and all is well.
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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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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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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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