Quotation by

Khalil Gibran

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

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Khalil Gibran is saying that if you do not have genuine affection or passion for your work and instead feel dislike or resentment, continuing to do it is harmful. It is more honest and beneficial to stop working in such a negative state than to force yourself to carry on without love.

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