Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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

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

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...

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...

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and...

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and...

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...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

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

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

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,...

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

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

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

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

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...

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the...

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the...

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...

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

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...

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...

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens...

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens...

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.