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 GIBRANThe nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.
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If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.
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Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
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A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
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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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He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.
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Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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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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Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
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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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The universe is my country and the human family is my tribe.
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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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Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
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Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
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