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Quotes by Kahlil Gibran

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. A ... Read Full Quote
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emp ... Read Full Quote
Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who ... Read Full Quote
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify ... Read Full Quote
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. ... Read Full Quote
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than ... Read Full Quote
You are the bows from which your children as living arr ... Read Full Quote
We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivi ... Read Full Quote
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and ... Read Full Quote
Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you ... Read Full Quote
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known towar ... Read Full Quote
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid ... Read Full Quote
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who lis ... Read Full Quote
All that spirits desire, spirits attain. ... Read Full Quote
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us ... Read Full Quote
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tosse ... Read Full Quote
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be k ... Read Full Quote
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your t ... Read Full Quote
If my survival caused another to perish, then death wou ... Read Full Quote
Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indec ... Read Full Quote
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. ... Read Full Quote
Where is the justice of political power if it executes ... Read Full Quote
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fr ... Read Full Quote
What do the nationalists say about killers punishing mu ... Read Full Quote
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. S ... Read Full Quote
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete k ... Read Full Quote
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had know ... Read Full Quote
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experienc ... Read Full Quote
They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision b ... Read Full Quote
Time has been transformed, and we have changed it has a ... Read Full Quote
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration fr ... Read Full Quote
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with ... Read Full Quote
What is this world that is hastening me toward I know n ... Read Full Quote
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes t ... Read Full Quote
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and ... Read Full Quote
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in ... Read Full Quote
What difference is there between us, save a restless dr ... Read Full Quote
A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes f ... Read Full Quote
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancin ... Read Full Quote
The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter th ... Read Full Quote
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, an ... Read Full Quote
The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is t ... Read Full Quote
The light of the stars that were extinguished ages ago ... Read Full Quote
Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the phi ... Read Full Quote
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not b ... Read Full Quote
Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the ... Read Full Quote
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns the pessi ... Read Full Quote
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth unti ... Read Full Quote
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. ... Read Full Quote
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness and ... Read Full Quote
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more ... Read Full Quote
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and yo ... Read Full Quote
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the n ... Read Full Quote
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses yo ... Read Full Quote
A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world. B ... Read Full Quote
The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an e ... Read Full Quote
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companio ... Read Full Quote
You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the ... Read Full Quote
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is ta ... Read Full Quote
I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my exp ... Read Full Quote
You give but little when you give of your possessions. ... Read Full Quote
When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dre ... Read Full Quote
In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song. ... Read Full Quote
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt ... Read Full Quote
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it ... Read Full Quote
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth thr ... Read Full Quote
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a das ... Read Full Quote
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ... Read Full Quote
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, ... Read Full Quote
My friends and my road-fellows, pity the nation that is ... Read Full Quote
Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today' ... Read Full Quote
Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secre ... Read Full Quote
He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. ... Read Full Quote
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all t ... Read Full Quote
Your children are not your children. They are the sons ... Read Full Quote
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility never an op ... Read Full Quote
Half of what I say is meaningless but I say it so that ... Read Full Quote
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found t ... Read Full Quote
Enthusiasm is a volcano on whose top never grows the gr ... Read Full Quote
Education sows not seeds in you, but makes your seeds g ... Read Full Quote
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and d ... Read Full Quote
You progress not through improving what has been done, ... Read Full Quote
God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believe ... Read Full Quote
Oh, heart, I the ignorant say to you that the soul peri ... Read Full Quote
Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God. ... Read Full Quote
No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams ... Read Full Quote
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare fe ... Read Full Quote
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visio ... Read Full Quote
If you are poor, shun association with him who measures ... Read Full Quote
As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease. ... Read Full Quote
Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of ha ... Read Full Quote
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his tw ... Read Full Quote
Life can only be understood backwards but it must be li ... Read Full Quote
When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long ... Read Full Quote
To be closer to God, be closer to people. ... Read Full Quote
God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon ... Read Full Quote
During the first period of a man's life the greatest da ... Read Full Quote
The reality of the other person lies not in what he rev ... Read Full Quote
Let there be spaces in your togetherness. ... Read Full Quote
To realize that prophecy in the people is like fruit in ... Read Full Quote
Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before th ... Read Full Quote
The truly religious man does not embrace a religion and ... Read Full Quote
The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one ... Read Full Quote
Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of ... Read Full Quote
History does not repeat itself except in the minds of t ... Read Full Quote
The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives ... Read Full Quote
Faith, is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reac ... Read Full Quote
Man merely discovers' he never can and never will inven ... Read Full Quote
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not ... Read Full Quote
The best of men is he who blushes when you praise him a ... Read Full Quote
He who requires urging to do a noble act will never acc ... Read Full Quote
We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dr ... Read Full Quote
Your confidence in the people, and your doubt about the ... Read Full Quote
In battling evil, excess is good for he who is moderate ... Read Full Quote
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have ... Read Full Quote
It is well to give when asked but it is better to give ... Read Full Quote
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give ... Read Full Quote
If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully. ... Read Full Quote
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