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

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.

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...

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and...

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and...

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on,...

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on,...

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...

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

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...

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,...

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he...

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he...

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...

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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...

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life...

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life...

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

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.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

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...

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....

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...