296 Total Quotes
Khalil Gibran Quotes
Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.
He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice
Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
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?
Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
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.
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says, but rather to what he does not say.