To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to." - Meaning and context.">
As quoted in Become a Conscious Creator: A Return to Self-Empowerment (2007) by Lisa Ford, p. 44

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to.

— Kahlil Gibran

What It Means

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Kahlil Gibran

About Kahlil Gibran

Gibran Khalil Gibran (6 January 1883 – 10 April 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist.