To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
KHALIL GIBRANLove that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
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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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Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
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How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream.
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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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Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
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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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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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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
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Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.
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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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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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Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
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