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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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...

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love...

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love...

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than...

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than...

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And...

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And...

Love is trembling happiness.

Love is trembling happiness.

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...

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you...

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you...

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...

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

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

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

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

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...

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing...

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing...

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...

We are the leaves of one branch, the drops of one sea, the flowers of...

We are the leaves of one branch, the drops of one sea, the flowers of...

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets

I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets