Quotes By Khalil Gibran

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

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

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.

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

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

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

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.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Your friend is your needs answered.

Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

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.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

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

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

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

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

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

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?

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

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.

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.