Khalil Gibran Quotes, Giving Quotes, Tree Quotes

You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.

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When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature.

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Newspapers. . . give us the bald, sordid, disgusting facts of life. They chronicle, with degrading avidity, the sins of the second-rate, and with the conscientiousness of the illiterate give us accurate and prosaic details. . .

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In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.

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When you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.

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A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What would you say if a newspaper reporter, because of his fastidiousness or from a wish to give pleasure to his readers, were to describe only honest mayors, high-minded ladies, and virtuous railroad contractors.

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If you try to give an on-the-one-hand-or-the-other- hand answer, only one of the hands tends to get quoted.

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Delusion gives you more happiness than truth gives to me. For injuries ought to be done all at one time, so that, being tasted less, they offend less; benefits ought to be given little by little, so that the flavour of them may last longer.

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Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease.

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The sceptics, like bees, give their one sting and die.

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The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.

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We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that will not give us religion. Theoretical religion is easy enough to get, any one may get that. What we want is practical religion.

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Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!

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Uncorseted, her friendly bust Gives promise of pneumatic bliss.

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He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.

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They [Federalist European Politicians] divide their time between court room, prison and debating chamber - giving a whole new meaning to the term 'conviction politician'.

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Those who heralded the decision not to give law enforcement the tools necessary to protect the American people just simply don't see the world the way we do.

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The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

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Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

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The greatest sin is to think that you are weak. No one is greater: realize that you are Brahman. Nothing has power except what you give it.

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