Khalil Gibran Quotes
When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
The light of stars that were extinguished centuries ago still reaches us. So it is with the great, who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy.
An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
How shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
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The deeper sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
When two women talk they say nothing; when one woman speaks she reveals all of life.
It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.
I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but what he aspires to.
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine.
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.
If you could hear the whispering of the dream you would hear no other sound.
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
Love without beauty is like flowers without fragrance.
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.
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
