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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He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of...

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan...

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan...

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has...

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we...

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we...

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...

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger...

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger...

When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

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...

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

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...

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age /...

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age /...

Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed...

Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed...