Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
KHALIL GIBRANWhen you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.
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Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.
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All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
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You are far, far greater than you know – and all is well.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
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If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
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Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
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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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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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Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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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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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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