Khalil Gibran Quotes
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The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
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All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.
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Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
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Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
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Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
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Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.
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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.
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All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
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If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more, we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.
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Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
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Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
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A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
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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.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.
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They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.
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What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
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If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.
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If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.