Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. Khalil Gibran
Life without liberty is like a body without
spirit. Khalil Gibran
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Khalil Gibran
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms. Khalil Gibran
Love is trembling happiness. Khalil Gibran
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Khalil Gibran
Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. Khalil Gibran
Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be. Khalil Gibran
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us
from truth. Khalil Gibran
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. Khalil Gibran
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them. Khalil Gibran
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by
which the physician within you heals your sick self. Khalil Gibran
No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. Khalil Gibran
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever. Khalil Gibran
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. Khalil Gibran
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Khalil Gibran
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss
and complete knowledge, for Eternal
Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. Khalil Gibran
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. Khalil Gibran
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Khalil Gibran
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation. Khalil Gibran
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Khalil Gibran
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a
bleak, arid desert. Khalil Gibran
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. Khalil Gibran
Safeguarding the rights of others is the
most noble and beautiful end of a human being. Khalil Gibran
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but
rather, 'I have found a truth.'
Khalil Gibran
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is. Khalil Gibran
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God. Khalil Gibran
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then
becomes a host, and then a master. Khalil Gibran
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. Khalil Gibran
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. Khalil Gibran
The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. Khalil Gibran
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Khalil Gibran
There are those who give with joy, and
that joy is their reward. Khalil Gibran
They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see the through the mesh of a sieve. Khalil Gibran
Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration. Khalil Gibran
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice. Khalil Gibran
To understand the heart and mind of a
person, look not at what he has already
achieved, but at what he aspires to. Khalil Gibran
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Khalil Gibran
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and
share with the people the same happiness. Khalil Gibran
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. Khalil Gibran
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you? Khalil Gibran
What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with
contempt? Khalil Gibran
When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. Khalil Gibran
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. Khalil Gibran
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. 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. Khalil Gibran
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. Khalil Gibran
When you work you are a flute through
whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison? Khalil Gibran
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon
neighboring lands, killing thousands and
pillaging the very hills? Khalil Gibran
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. Khalil Gibran
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. Khalil Gibran
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. Khalil Gibran
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. Khalil Gibran
Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Khalil Gibran
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Khalil Gibran
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Khalil Gibran
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Khalil Gibran
You have your ideology and I have mine. Khalil Gibran
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. Khalil Gibran
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. Khalil Gibran
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with
you your all. Khalil Gibran
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