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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been
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"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight"

- Kahlil Gibran

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This quote by Kahlil Gibran encourages us to look within ourselves when we are feeling sorrowful. It suggests that the source of our sorrow is something that we as soon as loved which we are really grieving the loss of something that we when found happiness in. It is a pointer that our sadness is a natural reaction to the loss of something that we once loved and that it is okay to feel in this manner. It is a suggestion that we must not repent of our grief, but instead, we need to embrace it and use it as a method to review what we have lost and how it has actually affected us. By looking within ourselves, we can acquire a much better understanding of our sadness and use it as a way to move forward.

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Kahlil Gibran This quote is written / told by Kahlil Gibran between January 6, 1883 and April 10, 1931. He was a famous Poet from Lebanon. The author also have 89 other quotes.

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