Quote by Khalil Gibran
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. – Khalil Gibran

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Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. – Khalil Gibran

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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. – Khalil Gibran

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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Lifes longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. – Khalil Gibran

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