Khalil Gibran Quotes

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.

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.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody.

The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man

A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is healed or dead.

I have pondered long, and I know now that only the pure of heart forgive the thirst that leads to dead waters. And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.

All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.

Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder.

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.

Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts.

You are not enclosed within your bodies, nor confined to houses or fields. That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.

Do not keep crying when your love has been gone. You only need Smile because he had been given you the opportunity to meet someone who is better.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

I came here to be for all and with all, and what I do today in my solitude will be echoed tomorrow by the multitude. What I say now with one heart will be said tomorrow by thousands of hearts.

Your friend is your needs answered.

I learnt silence from the talkative

If any of you would bring judgment the unfaithful wife, let him also weight the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul with measurements.

Darkness is dawn not yet born.

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.

If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed a man of little worth and will remain such till Judgment Day.

The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.

Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.

Give and Take... For to the bee a flower is a fountain if life And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.

The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know...

A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.

Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other.

He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.

Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.