"Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self." (Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet", 1923)
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts." (Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet", 1923)
"Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion and your appetite." (Kahlil Gibran, "The Prophet", 1923)
"A pearl is a temple built by pain around a grain of sand." (Kahlil Gibran, "Sand and Foam", 1926)
"Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking." (Kahlil Gibran, "Sand and Foam", 1926)
"Perhaps the sea's definition of a shell is the pearl." (Kahlil Gibran, "Sand and Foam", 1926)
"A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle." (Kahlil Gibran)
"And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb." (Kahlil Gibran)
"Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life." (Kahlil Gibran)
"Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you possess no greater treasures." (Kahlil Gibran)
"Life without Love is like a tree without blossom and fruit." (Kahlil Gibran)
"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing." (Kahlil Gibran)
"Philosophy's work is finding the shortest path between two points." (Kahlil Gibran)
"Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow." (Kahlil Gibran)
"The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves." (Kahlil Gibran)
"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them." (Kahlil Gibran)
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