If my survival caused another to perish, then deat... -Khalil Gibran

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If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

Khalil Gibran , Poet
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Khalil Gibran Quotes to Explore

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path....
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be....
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self....
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were....
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding....
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorr...
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens....
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold....
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair....
The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom....

Death Quotes to Explore

As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be fearful of death. But what is a person? A person is a ...
Even when I wrote death metal songs for a death metal record, I was always trying to do my best to make it as catchy as possible because that's how I ...
I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death....
I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God....
Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the de...
If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse to answer the cry of mercy fr...
I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, '...
The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a...
I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry....
Of all the logical impasses, unknowings, paradoxes, and terrors that provoke laughter, death by its finality and unsolvable mystery is paramount....