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Adversity
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One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night.
-Kahlil Gibran
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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.
-Kahlil Gibran
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Advice
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When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
-Kahlil Gibran
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Age
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Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.
-Kahlil Gibran
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Ambition
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Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
-Kahlil Gibran, "The Visit of Wisdom"
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Art
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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
-Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of Sand on the Shore"
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Attitude
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Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
-Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of Sand on the Shore"
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The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.
-Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of Sand on the Shore"
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Beauty
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Beauty in not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
-Kahlil Gibran
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Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
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Body, the
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Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.
-Kahlil Gibran, "Beauty"
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Charity
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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.
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Children
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You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
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You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
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Choice
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We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam
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Contentment
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Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.
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Dance, Dancing
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And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
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Death
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Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
-Kahlil Gibran, "The Voice of the Poet"
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Desires
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The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.
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All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
-Kahlil Gibran, "The Poet of Baalbek"
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Difficulty
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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
-Kahlil Gibran, "The Voice of the Poet"
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Doubt
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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Dreams
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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.
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Drinking
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Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.
-Kahlil Gibran, "My Soul Is Heavy Laden with its Fruits"
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Exaggeration
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An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.
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Books by and about Kahlil Gibran