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

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

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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...

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...

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a...

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a...

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and...

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

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.

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...

Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose...

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me...

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me...

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.

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...

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

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...

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

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...