324 Quotes by Kahlil Gibran

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    Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel.

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    The mother is everything she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.

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    Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will; the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill.

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    If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

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    Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

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    If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

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    It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, a day to love someone...but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

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    In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.

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    Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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