Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you...

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you...

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...

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...

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but...

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but...

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...

Love... It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

Love... It surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace,...

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace,...

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...

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

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

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

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...

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...