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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Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

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...

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

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

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...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not...

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but...

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but...

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.