Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itse… - Kahlil Gibran

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Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.

Kahlil Gibran

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About Kahlil Gibran

Gibran Khalil Gibran (6 January 1883 – 10 April 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist.

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Native Name: جُبْران خَليل جُبْران

Alternative Names: Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān • Jubrān, Jubrān Khalīl • Jubran, Jubran Khalil • K. Gibran • Gibran Khalil Gibran • Khalil Gibran

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انما القصد من الوجود ... الطموح الى ما وراء الوجود

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. - Kahlil Gibran

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