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.
KHALIL GIBRANNature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.
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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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When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.
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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
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Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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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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Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
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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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Much of your pain is self-chosen.
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Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
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And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.
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Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
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An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
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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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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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