"Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of..." - Kahlil Gibran

💗 Compassion

“Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution”

— Kahlil Gibran

Compassionate tenderness requires great inner strength.

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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

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

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“Joy and sorrow are inseparable. Together they come and when one sits alone with you, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”

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“You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.”

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“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”

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“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.”

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