![You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lG_Qgd9GvrI/X1uTbnwX2xI/AAAAAAAAL2M/f-mpzylCOgYF2bRNWZ5Ubtpa5EkhahSqgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-talk-when-you-cease-to-be-at-peace-with-your-thoughts.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Kahlil Gibran
![You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lG_Qgd9GvrI/X1uTbnwX2xI/AAAAAAAAL2M/f-mpzylCOgYF2bRNWZ5Ubtpa5EkhahSqgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-talk-when-you-cease-to-be-at-peace-with-your-thoughts.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iMz5HUr544w/X1uPMab80_I/AAAAAAAALIc/iM6JgRPi3lkyBfMHJXrgqGqVSI8ahJ5NwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-choose-our-joys-and-sorrows-long-before-we-experience-them.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
![Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QGnDErtvOfA/X1tnIYQLZOI/AAAAAAAAGaE/8S6hyFXHiU4SbVlyRjQWQmolXAM4A3jXgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/faith-is-a-knowledge-within-the-heart-beyond-the-reach-of-proof.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
![Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2i2-ew1vApQ/X1tivA_AWwI/AAAAAAAAGCU/-Y9mYulrWf8_82QpjMrmwVd5NL_xM_7uACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/desire-is-half-of-life-indifference-is-half-of-death.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.
![Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8Dg0lEvuA5w/X1t7B4QnU4I/AAAAAAAAJHo/DE1fqpy1AHc-AJfiJLfhAbYk9EAKghz0wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/sadness-is-but-a-wall-between-two-gardens.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
![Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G20x4dxR7uA/X1uTrNIWWnI/AAAAAAAAL44/bc9TKAEi908H4ZOhQAVK0Nb2Zm9kxuQ2QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/your-pain-is-the-breaking-of-the-shell-that-encloses-your-understanding.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
![Do not fear the thorns in your path, for they draw only corrupt blood.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IzFxIWZ_0UA/X1ti2RYW6yI/AAAAAAAAGEE/aiPbG5dvd7kc64T2NaQb3856sckvpnQlQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/do-not-fear-the-thorns-in-your-path-for-they-draw-only-corrupt-blood.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)