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 reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but...

The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but...

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...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to 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...

I am ungrateful to these teachers.

I am ungrateful to these teachers.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

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...

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

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...

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...

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

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...

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him,...

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him,...

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

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

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

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

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity