Khalil Gibran
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
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Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
I want the fairy tale.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
No one became poor by giving alms.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
Ask yourself : 'Do I feel the need to laminate ? ' Then teaching is for you.
Success is predictable.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
Give me a whisky, ginger ale on the side. And don't be stingy, baby.
No pain, No gain.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Love is something eternal.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
The list is an absolute good. The list is life.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
The illiterate of the century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Attitude determines altitude.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life , that word is love.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
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First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
It is best to love wisely, no doubt, but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
Without love our life is a, ship without a rudder, like a body without a soul.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
I have learned not to worry about love, but to honor it's coming with all my heart.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Title of newspaper article yesterday - Vandals made off with all toilet seats in the local precinct. Police have nothing to go on.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
You are today where your thoughts have brought