Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
KHALIL GIBRANWisdom 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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Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
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Rest in reason. Move in Passion.
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If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
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I do not want you to hear that I love you, but I want you to feel it without me having to say.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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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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Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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Marriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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Darkness is dawn not yet born.
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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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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
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