A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth...

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth...

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream

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...

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...

Let your best be for your friend...

Let your best be for your friend...

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.

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 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,...

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...

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...

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a...

Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a...

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...

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

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

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the...

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the...

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me,...

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me,...

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

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

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray...

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray...