Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self, so therefore, trust the physician and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Life Quotes, Pain Quotes

I am ungrateful to these teachers.

I am ungrateful to these teachers.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing...

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing...

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.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow...

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till...

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her...

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

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,...

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love...

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love...

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...

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...

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...

Trust in my affection for you.

Trust in my affection for you.

You say to me - wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you...

You say to me - wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you...

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the...

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the...

Ignorance is when you don't know something and someone finds out

Ignorance is when you don't know something and someone finds out

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...

Whenever we're afraid, it's because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would...