ambition

beauty

comfort

crime

death

debate

diamond

disagreement

doubt

earth

enthusiasm

evil

exaggeration

fact

faith

fame

forgetfulness

friend

friendship

generosity

genius

happiness

knowledge

life

love

luxury

marriage

money

moral relativity

mother

obvious

pain

pearl

poet

poetry

remembrance

root

sadness

salt

scar

sense of humor

sorrow

time

understanding

virtue

vulnerability

waiting

work

work of art

zeal

occupation / innovator as

painter

philosopher

sculptor

nationality

Lebanese

novelist

artist

cause of death

natural causes

innovator in the field of

philosophy

religion

Maronite Church

race / ethnicity

Lebanese people

is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. (Kahlil Gibran)

is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror. (Kahlil Gibran)

is life when life unveils her holy face (and we are life and we are the veil).

Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. (Kahlil Gibran)

is but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun.

it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun'

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. Khalil Gibran

is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Khalil Gibran

is inseparable from sorrow. It should be remembered, when one is dominant, the other is nearby, asleep.

Joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you. . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. (Kahlil Gibran)

is a thing some give with, and that joy is their reward.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. Khalil Gibran

is best when a couple lets there be spaces in their togetherness.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness Khalil Gibran

is clearly the basis of our moral existence. The highest virtue here may be least in another world.

The highest virtue here may be least in another world.

is the breaking of the shell that encloses one's understanding.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Khalil Gibran

is to a large extent the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Khalil Gibran

is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm and arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm and arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland. (Kahlil Gibran)

is inseparable from joy. It should be remembered, when one is dominant, the other is nearby, asleep.

is a prerequisite for joy. The deeper that it carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

is such that The highest virtue here may be least in another world.

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