When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

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...

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

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

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.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms Without the aid of the seasons.

Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms Without the aid of the seasons.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take...

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take...

By losing your goal, you have lost your way.

By losing your goal, you have lost your way.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

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,...

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

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.

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...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray...

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray...

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

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

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

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human...

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...