Khalil Gibran Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Sunshine Quotes

If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning.

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Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpetings, and farewells him with hootings, only to welcome another ruler with trumpetings again. Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years and whose strong men are yet in the cradle. Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.

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The sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light. But it is night that raises them to the stars.

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He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.

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Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

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He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.

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They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.

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You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh.

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Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.

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Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight.

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I love you, my brother, whoever you are - whether you worship in a church, kneel in your temple, or pray in your mosque. You and I are children of one faith, for the diverse paths of religion are fingers of the loving hand of the one supreme being, a hand extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, eager to receive all.

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When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake, I disturbed its surface with countless circles. But when I reached the depths, I became very still.

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You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing.

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Jesus was not sent here to teach the people to build magnificent churches and temples amidst the cold wretched huts and dismal hovels. He came to make the human heart a temple, and the soul an altar, and the mind a priest.

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The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

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God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.

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

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Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

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Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of a people who say every sort of wicked thing about me because I sacrificed their friendship to gain my own soul. I left the dark paths of their duplicity and turned my eyes toward the light where there is salvation, truth, and justice. They have exiled me now from their society, yet I am content. Mankind only exiles the one whose large spirit rebels against injustice and tyranny. He who does not prefer exile to servility is not free in the true and necessary sense of freedom.

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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

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