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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I am ungrateful to these teachers.

I am ungrateful to these teachers.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

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...

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns,...

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns,...

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.

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

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

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.

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds...

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds...

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...

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...

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...

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

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 things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

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...

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.