Top 774 Quotes & Sayings by Khalil Gibran - Page 2

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

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

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.

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

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.

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.

What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?

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

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

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.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Your friend is your needs answered.

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

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.

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

You have your ideology and I have mine.

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

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

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

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

If I could take your troubles I would toss them into the sea, But all these things I'm finding Are impossible for me. I cannot build a mountain Or catch a rainbow fair, But let me be what I know best, A friend that is always there.

Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.

God made the world with a heart full of love, Then He looked down from Heaven above, And saw that we all need a helping hand, Someone to share with, who'll understand. He made special people to see us through The glad times and the sad times, too; A person on whom we can always depend, Someone we can call a friend. God made friends so we'll carry a part Of His perfect love in all our hearts.

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

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