Excerpts of Citations
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I am bored with gabbers and their gab; my soul abhors them. . . . Is there any place where there is no traffic in empty talk? Is there on this earth one who does not worship himself talking?
~Kahlil Gibran
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Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man's life, and it is the the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in all its tragic forms, a supreme motive for spiritual awakening?
~Kahlil Gibran
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Love has no other desire but to fulfull itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.
~Kahlil Gibran
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The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does...
~Kahlil Gibran
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I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited by my agonized self, into calm. It is my fervent hope that...
~Kahlil Gibran
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And you receivers—and you are all receivers—assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives.
Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts...~Kahlil Gibran
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Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who fir...
~Kahlil Gibran
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Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into the crowded cities, there to huddle like sheep fleeing from a ferocious wolf.
~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.
~Kahlil Gibran
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, under prosperous conditions, may have remained dormant.
~Horace
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Each difficult moment has the potential to open my eyes and open my heart.
~Myla Kabat-Zinn
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Adaptability cushions the impact of change or disappointment.
~Marvin J. Ashton
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The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of [others].
~Neal A. Maxwell
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A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
~English Proverb
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
~Helen Keller
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Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
~Alexander Graham Bell