Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it...

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it...

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for...

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for...

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger...

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger...

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a...

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a...

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens...

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens...

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

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

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on,...

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on,...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan...

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan...

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds...

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds...

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.

The only real failure in life is one not learned from.