Khalil Gibran Quotes, People Quotes

How distant I am from people when I am with them, and how close when they are far away.

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If it were not for guests all houses would be graves.

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The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

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For truth and the spirit will abide with the morrow.

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Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like the roar of the sea, gut their lives are shallow and stagnant, like the rotting marshes. Many are those who lift their heads above the mountain tops, but their spirits remain dormant in the obscurity of the caverns.

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For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all.

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The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.

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The sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light. But it is night that raises them to the stars.

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Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation. I have gone far, far away, O children of my mother; the hills beyond the mists are now hidden from my view, the last traces of the valleys have been flooded by the ocean of serenity, and the paths and trails have been erased by the hand of oblivion. The roar of ocean waves has faded. I no longer hear anything but the anthem of eternity, which harmonizes with the spirit.

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Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery.

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The highest virtue here may be least in another world.

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A root is a flower that disdains fame.

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The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.

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When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

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What is fear of need but need itself?

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Nature 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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And as a single leaf turns not yellow but with the silent knowledge of the whole tree.

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Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

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Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

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