They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.
From Khalil Gibran
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.
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
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?
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
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