Khalil Gibran Quotes About Wisdom
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Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
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When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.
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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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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.
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Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
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Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.
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Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.
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If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.
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To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
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God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind.
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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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Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide.
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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
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Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem
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Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
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Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words.
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Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
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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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Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.
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Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born
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If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.
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God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
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Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
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Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.
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The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you will find that it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
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The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
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