Khalil Gibran Quotes About Lying
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No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.
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I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.
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In the depths of your hopes and desires, lies your silent knowledge of the beyond, and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
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I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.
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Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.
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In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond.
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The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.
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Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
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No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
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In truth we gaze but do not see, and hearken but do not hear; we eat and drink but do not taste. And there lies the difference between Jesus of Nazareth and ourselves. His senses were all continually made new, and the world to Him was always a new world.
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My brothers, seek counsel of one another, for therein lies the way out of error and futile repentance. The wisdom of the many is your shield against tyranny. For when we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
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