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This book compiles a selection of poems, essays, and philosophical writings by Kahlil Gibran, showcasing his profound insights on love, life, and spirituality.
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“Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.”
“God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.”
“Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons”
“But memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more.”
“And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?”
“Your house is your larger body.”
“For what is prayer but the expansion of your self into the living ether?”
“The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it.”
“The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.”
“And what word is knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge?”
“All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.”
“When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep.”
“And is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless?”
“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.”
“Let your best be for your friend.”
“When the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”
“Your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.”
“Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.”