Meandering while we wander . . .

Today is the birthday of Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931), artist, poet, and writer.

"Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge."
- Khalil Gibran

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

"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."
- Khalil Gibran

"A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?"
- Khalil Gibran

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens."
- Khalil Gibran

"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."
- Khalil Gibran

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were."
- Khalil Gibran

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."
- Khalil Gibran

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