The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals t… - Kahlil Gibran

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The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.

Kahlil Gibran

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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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In a dream I saw Jesus and My God Pan sitting together in the heart of the forest. They laughed at each other's speech, with the brook that ran near them, and the laughter of Jesus was the merrier. And they conversed long.

لي من نفسي صديق يعزيني إذا ما اشتدت خطوب الأيام، ويواسيني عندما تلم مصائب الحياة، ومن لم يكن صديقاً لنفسه كان عدواً للناس، ومن لم ير مؤنساً من ذاته مات قانطاً، لأنّ الحياة تنبثق من داخل الإنسان ولم تجئ مما يحيطوا به.

I would be the least among men with dreams and the desire to fulfill them, rather than the greatest with no dreams and no desires.

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