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.
KHALIL GIBRANThe giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.
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Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.
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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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Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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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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There must be something strangely sacred about salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
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Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
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We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
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Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.
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Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
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Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
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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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A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.
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