Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.
("Spirits Rebellious")
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The musician may sing to you of the rhythm which is in all space, but he cannot give you the ear which arrests the rhythm, nor the voice that echoes it.Khalil Gibran
Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.
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I commenced analyzing man's mission, but could conclude only that most of his life was identified with struggle and hardship.
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For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.
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For that which is boundless in you abides in the mansion of the sky, whose door is the morning mist, and whose windows are the songs and the silences of night.
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I have accounts with Life requiring settling; I have due from people much gold; my ships have not reached the harbor; my demand, but spare my life.
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