Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains,…

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

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...

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.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth...

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth...

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns,...

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns,...

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

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...

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...

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and...

Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and...

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...

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.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long...

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long...

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart

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...

Use your smile to change this world. Dont let this world change your smile.

Use your smile to change this world. Dont let this world change your smile.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.