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 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...

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor...

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor...

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...

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on...

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on...

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

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

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

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the...

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the...

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow...

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow...

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...

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....

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

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...

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds

Every thought I have imprisioned in expression I must free by my deeds

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the...

Our every action is a battle cry against imperialism, and a battle hymn for the...

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...