Khalil Gibran

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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