Khalil Quotes
They say if one understands himself, he understands all people. But I say to you, when one loves people, he learns something about himself.
I have learned that the place where I subsist is all places, and the space I occupy is all intervals.
In my thought there is only one universal religion, whose varied paths are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being.
Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end.
Master, Master Poet, Master of our silent desires, The heart of the world quivers with the throbbing of your heart, But it burns not with your song.
You are still despised and mocked, A man too weak and infirm to be God, A God too much man to call forth adoration.
I go — as others already crucified have gone. And think not we are weary of crucifixion. For we must be crucified by larger and yet larger men, between greater earths and greater heavens.
I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do — for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action.
My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me that the lamp which I carry does not belong to me, and the song that I sing was not generated from within me.
The seasons shall tire and the years grow old, ere they exhaust these words: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel.
But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.
The power to Love is God's greatest gift to man, For it never will be taken from the Blessed one who loves.
These things he said in words. But much in his heart remained unsaid. For he himself could not speak his deeper secret.
If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.
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?
We who love Him beheld Him with these our eyes which He made to see; and we touched Him with these our hands which He taught to reach forth.
They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself.
Love is life sharing, not for hurt, Love is alive both not ambiguous. Love is whole life, not an affair.
Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?
Your house is your larger body. It grows in the sun and sleeps in the stillness of the night; and it is not dreamless. Does not your house dream, and dreaming, leave the city for grove or hilltop?
He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing in awe in His presence.
I have passed the mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the firmament of Complete and unbounded freedom; I am in comfort, I am in peace.
I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.
Conscience is a just but weak judge. Weakness leaves it powerless to execute its judgment.
Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?
