Kahlil Gibran Quotes

“When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong.”

“I want every image to be the beginning of an unseen image.”

“Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.”

“Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts.”

“And one of the elders of the city , said , speak to us of good and evil. And he answered : You are good in countless ways , and you are not evil when you are not good .”

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

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”

“The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness.”

“The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.”

“He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.”

“Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.”

“The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know...”

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.”

“You work that you may keep peace with the earth and the soul of the earth.”

“The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.”

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

“He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]”

“joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.”

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

“Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.”

“Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy, you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your body and less of your raiment.”

“What is fear of need but need itself?”

“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.”

“As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music.”

“Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven?”