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Quotations by author » Kahlil Gibran
Lebanese born American philosophical Essayist, Novelist and Poet. 1883-1931
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The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.
AchievementMankind
the silence that guards the tomb does not reveal God's secret in the obscurity of the coffin, and the rustling of the branches whose roots suck the body's elements do not tell the mysteries of the grave, by the agonized sighs of my heart announce to the living the drama which love, beauty, and death have performed
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The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness
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The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Teachers and teachingWisdom
The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.
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The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remaining over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves
Childhood
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
Eternity
The truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.
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The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.
LifeSenses
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Joy
There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine
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There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing
Imagination
They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.
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They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, tr
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Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
ChangeTime
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice
AbilityLifeLiving
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Understanding
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Dreams
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
Truth
Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.
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