Khalil Gibran Quotes, Dwelling Place Quotes, Wings Quotes

The poet is a bird of strange moods. He descends from his lofty domain to tarry among us, singing; if we do not honor him he will unfold his wings and fly back to his dwelling place.

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if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing

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Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth.

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March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

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Let your best be for your friend.

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The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed and said, "This is too hard a thing to do, and it will take too long. Were it not better to count only the wise?"

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Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth.

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

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Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.

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Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts.

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No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.

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We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.

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I have pondered long, and I know now that only the pure of heart forgive the thirst that leads to dead waters. And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.

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The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed.

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Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion.

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We who love Him beheld Him with these our eyes which He made to see; and we touched Him with these our hands which He taught to reach forth.

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Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names.

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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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When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

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You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, 'Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance.' For to the fruit giving is a need as receiving is a need to the root.

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