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Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his…

Quote byKahlil Gibran · 1883–1931

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Jesus, The Son of Man (1928), John At Patmos: Jesus The Gracious.

English (original)

Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery. Now you would have me explain the miracles of Jesus. We are all the miraculous gesture of the moment; our Lord and Master was the centre of that moment. Yet it was not in His desire that His gestures be known.

— Kahlil Gibran

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