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Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 13

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Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with

Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.

Wise, Book, Words Of Wisdom

Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling.

Tears, Genius, Irritated

Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.

Passion, Funeral, Soul

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.54, Lulu.com

Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts.

Heart, Eye, Errors

Khalil Gibran (2015). “A Tear And A Smile - Parables, Stories, and Poems of Khalil Gibran”, p.24, Editora Dracaena

For a love to grow through the test of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside.

Everyday, Tests, Privacy

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Inspirational, Strength, Kindness

Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.

Fear, Evil, Doubt

Yesterday is ever jealous of...tomorrow.

Jealous, Yesterday, Judgement

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of people's wrath.

Inspirational, Wrath, People

Marriage is like a temple resting on two pillars. If they come too close to each other the temple will collapse.

Relationship, Two, Pillars

And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.

Hands, Feet, Giving

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.

Truth, Matter, Thrones

Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.

Love, Marriage, Wedding

Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.

Heart, Roots, Vines

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.

Inspirational, Friendship, Good Morning

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.

Men, Law, Bird

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of the heart's knowledge. You would know in words that which you have always known in thought. You would touch with your fingers the naked body of the dreams.

Dream, Heart, Night

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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

Sympathy, Death, Grief

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.126, Lulu.com

The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.

Eye, Giving, Water

I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow from my every part turn into laughter. I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.

Laughter, Heart, Sadness

Khalil Gibran, “A Tear And A Smile”

You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link. This is but half the truth. You are also as strong as your strongest link. To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of ocean by the frailty of its foam. To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy.

Spiritual, Strong, Ocean

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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

Numbers, Advice, Enemy

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.

Men, Association, Yardsticks

The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.

Song, Sweet, Heart

The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

Heart, Dancer, Soul

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