I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

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

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

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

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.

Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms Without the aid of the seasons.

Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms Without the aid of the seasons.

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...

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...

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not...

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not...

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...

Love... It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

Love... It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

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,...

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

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...

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.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But...