Khalil Gibran Quotes, Giving Quotes, Joy Quotes

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

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He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.

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One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.

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Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

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I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.

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Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.

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In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of people's wrath.

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Love is trembling happiness.

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Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?

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Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

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All things in this creation exist within you and all things in you exist in creation; there is no border between you and the closest things, and there is no distance between you and the farthest things, and all things, from the lowest to the loftiest, from the smallest to the greatest, are within you as equal things.

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At ebb tide I wrote a line upon the sand, and gave it all my heart and all my soul. At flood tide I returned to read what I had inscribed and found my ignorance upon the shore.

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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

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All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

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Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.

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If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.

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Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.

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Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But should you hide behind your own shell, then it would be useless for anyone to seek you.

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A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

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There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.

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