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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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...

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than...

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than...

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

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

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

By losing your goal, you have lost your way.

By losing your goal, you have lost your way.

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...

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...

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that...

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that...

Love is trembling happiness.

Love is trembling happiness.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals...

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals...

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.

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...

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

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...

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

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

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...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at...

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at...