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

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements, compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise,...

The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements, compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise,...

Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love but only with...

Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love but only with...

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a...

When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

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...

The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but...

The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but...

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at...

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at...

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and...

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and...

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and...

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and...

When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

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

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

Here I sit between my brother the mountain and my sister the sea. We three...

Here I sit between my brother the mountain and my sister the sea. We three...

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with...

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with...

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the...

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the...

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...

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

When you work, you fulfill a part of Earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

When you work, you fulfill a part of Earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...