I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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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.

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in...

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in...

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, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

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

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and...

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and...

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

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

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...

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 daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take...

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take...

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in...

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in...

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and...

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and...

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace,...

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace,...

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

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

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

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

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...

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...

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

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.