In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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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...

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.

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.

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 poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

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...

Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love but only with...

Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love but only with...

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...

When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

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.

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.

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...

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long...

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long...

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it...

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it...

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns...

Here I sit between my brother the mountain and my sister the sea. We three...

Here I sit between my brother the mountain and my sister the sea. We three...

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...

An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better...

An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not...

Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.

Getting what you want is not nearly as important as giving what you have.