Kahlil Gibran Quotes


Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light. Kahlil Gibran Self 538
Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. Kahlil Gibran Poetry 318
The significance of man is not what he attains, but rather in what he longs to attain. Kahlil Gibran Achievements 190
Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man. Kahlil Gibran Money 171
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is. Kahlil Gibran Perception 163
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. Kahlil Gibran Knowledge 158
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. Kahlil Gibran Learning 155
No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone. Kahlil Gibran Friendship 152
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair Kahlil Gibran Earth 144
You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing? Kahlil Gibran Freedom 136
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. Kahlil Gibran Emotions 135
I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward. Kahlil Gibran Wisdom 126
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers. Kahlil Gibran Body 120
Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable? Kahlil Gibran Greed 116
Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow. Kahlil Gibran Attitude 114
joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Kahlil Gibran Joy 112
The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly. Kahlil Gibran Manners 111
Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death. Kahlil Gibran Boredom 110
One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night. Kahlil Gibran Adversity 106
For this I bless you most: You give much and know not that you give at all. Kahlil Gibran Generosity 105
Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. Kahlil Gibran Friends 105
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities. Kahlil Gibran Greatness 103
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? Kahlil Gibran Service 102
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation. Kahlil Gibran Wealth 101
I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. Kahlil Gibran Giving 99
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran Suffering 99
Life is not only merrimentIt is desire and determination. Kahlil Gibran Determination 97
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. Kahlil Gibran Ambition 97
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts. Kahlil Gibran Philosophy 95
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. Kahlil Gibran Silence 95
In Wahrheit ist es das Leben das dem Leben gibt whrend ihr die ihr euch als Gebende fhlt nichts anderes seid als Zeugen. Kahlil Gibran Sacrifice 95
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions. Kahlil Gibran Kindness 92
Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds. Kahlil Gibran Knowledge 91
Generosity is giving more than you can; pride is taking less than you need. Kahlil Gibran Generosity 90
They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve. Kahlil Gibran Perception 88
Work is love made visible. Kahlil Gibran Love 88
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 the dark tunnel. Kahlil Gibran Obstacles 88
We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble. Kahlil Gibran Power 87
Beauty in not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Kahlil Gibran Beauty 86
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. Kahlil Gibran People 86
Some of you say Joy is greater thar sorrow and others say Nay sorrow is the greater. But I say unto you they are inseparable. Together they come and when one sits alone with you at your board remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Kahlil Gibran Healing 85
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy Kahlil Gibran Philosophy 84
Ihr gebt nur wenig wenn ihr von eurem Besitz gebt. Erst wenn ihr von euch selber gebt gebt ihr wahrhaft. Kahlil Gibran Sacrifice 82
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Kahlil Gibran Children 82
Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who try to combine their greed for wealth with their desire for a happy afterlife. Kahlil Gibran Religion 82
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you? Kahlil Gibran Shyness 81
Ist nicht die Zeit wie die Liebe ungeteilt und ungezgelt Kahlil Gibran Time 81
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran Charity 81
Euer Haus ist euer grerer Krper. Kahlil Gibran Body 81
Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth. Kahlil Gibran Truth 80

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