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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There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed...

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed...

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it...

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it...

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.

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,...

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

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...

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...

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...

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...

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for...

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for...

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...

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

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...

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it...

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it...

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.

Work for a cause, not for applause... Live life to express, not to impress.

Don't smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much or work too much. We're...

Don't smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much or work too much. We're...