I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
Khalil GibranRead
A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the ongoing journey of self-discovery and personal growth.
Khalil Gibran expresses the idea that life is a journey of exploration, not just in the physical world but also within oneself. Each day presents new opportunities to learn and understand more about our own beliefs, emotions, and inner landscape, highlighting the importance of continual self-reflection and personal development.
In practice
This quote can be used in a personal development workshop to inspire participants to embrace their inner journey.
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
Be patient, for it is from doubt that knowledge is born.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.
Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.
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He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.
A global human society, characterised by islands of wealth, surrounded by a sea of poverty, is unsustainable
If I hear about a tsunami that hit Asia, hundreds of people have lost their lives, and you see it and you hear about it, but you still brush your teeth, still have to go on with your day. But let you get information about one person who you're close to or you're intimate with, it has an almost paralyzing effect.
Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.
In retrospect, all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, licking the earth.
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