The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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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...

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...

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours...

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours...

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing...

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing...

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...

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...

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

Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a...

Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a...

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...

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you, or a zealous...

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you, or a zealous...

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...

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that...

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that...

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...

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

Don't kill the dream - execute it

Don't kill the dream - execute it

A dream has power to poison sleep.

A dream has power to poison sleep.

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming...

A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming...