mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
“My comrades and my beloved, be bold and not meek; be spacious and not confined; and until my final hour and yours be indeed your greater self.”
― The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran: All poems and short stories
― The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran: All poems and short stories
“The one wants a friend for his own advantage; the other wants to make himself an advantage to his friend.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― The Anthologist
― The Anthologist
“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
― The Long Fall
― The Long Fall
“the appearance of things changes according to the emotions, and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.”
― The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran: All poems and short stories
― The Complete Works of Kahlil Gibran: All poems and short stories
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