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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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...

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,...

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

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...

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

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.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...

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

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

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...

Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

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...

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...

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

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

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...