When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.
KHALIL GIBRANTo understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
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Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.
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If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.
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When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.
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You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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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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The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
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Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.
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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.
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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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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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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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Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.
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Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. It enables us to perceive life as a beautiful dream between one awakening and another.
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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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And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
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