How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.
KHALIL GIBRANThe universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.
More Khalil Gibran Quotes
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All can hear, but only the sensitive can understand.
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Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
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Let your best be for your friend.
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Yesterday is but today’s memory, and tomorrow is today’s dream.
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You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.
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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
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Marriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth.
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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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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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The best love come from the heart, not from the mouth.
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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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