Between joy and sorrow

Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.”
And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the […]

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The path to a heart

No human relation gives one possession in another - every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.~ Kahlil Gibran’s words from Mary Haskell’s journal (8 June 1924)
When  Carlo gave me “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran,  he quoted […]

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Khalil Gibran’s message for the Philippines

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if it is the second, then you are an oasis in a desert.” - The New Frontier  by Khalil Gibran
This statement […]

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