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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Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure...

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure...

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...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then...

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then...

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

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...

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow...

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow...

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the...

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the...

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

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...

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

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...

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

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

You have your ideology and I have mine.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

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...

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but...

The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but...

A human life is a schooling for eternity.

A human life is a schooling for eternity.

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in...

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in...