Kahlil Gibran Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran Famous Quotes & Sayings
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The astronomer may speak to you of his understanding of space, but he cannot give you his understanding.
Then a lawyer said, But what of our laws, master? And he answered: 'You delight in laying down laws. Yet you delight more in breaking them.
I hope I will live long and be able to do some things worthy of giving to you who is giving so much to me.
A seeker of silences am I, and what treasure have I found in silences that I may dispense with confidence?
Beauty is a thing of might and dread.
Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us.
Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us.
If you reveal your secrets to the wind,
you should not blame the wind for
revealing them to the trees.
you should not blame the wind for
revealing them to the trees.
Shall the day of parting be the day of gathering?
And shall it be said that my eve was in truth my dawn?
And shall it be said that my eve was in truth my dawn?
NIGHTINGALE The nightingale does not make his nest in a cage lest slavery be the lot of its chicks. BW-ST-122
He who has not been bitten by the serpents of light and snapped at by the wolves of darkness will always be deceived by the days and the nights.
Is not the beautiful moon, that inspires poets, the same moon which angers the silence of the sea with a terrible roar?
For to stay, though the hours burn in the night, is to freeze and crystallize and be bound in a mould.
There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.
It were wiser to speak less of God, Whom we cannot understand, and more of each other, whom we may understand.
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
Speak not of peoples and laws and
Kingdoms, for the whole earth is
My birthplace and all humans are
My brothers.
Kingdoms, for the whole earth is
My birthplace and all humans are
My brothers.
Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.
Let not the waves of the sea separate us now, and the years you have spent in our midst become a memory.
Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast
It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that guards the eye.
It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that guards the eye.
For affliction has opened my eyes,
and tears given me sight.
Grief has taught me the language of hearts.
and tears given me sight.
Grief has taught me the language of hearts.
Your body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds.
In the summer heat the reapers say, We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair.
You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet; you may even throw me into a dark prison; but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free!
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.
Drink not from this cup unless you forget the past and the future, for happiness is naught but the moment." And
DEVIL Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers. WM-ST-62
I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.
Where are you now, my beloved? Do you hear my weeping
From beyond the ocean? Do you understand my need? Do you know the greatness of my patience?
From beyond the ocean? Do you understand my need? Do you know the greatness of my patience?
Travel and tell no one, live a true love story and tell no one, live happily and tell no one, people ruin beautiful things.
Hearts that are united through the medium of sorrow will not be separated by the glory of happiness. Love
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.
For to be overmindful of your debt is to doubt his generosity who has the free-hearted earth for mother, and God for father.
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.