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Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 18

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You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

Spiritual, Philosophy, Thought Provoking

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.96, Lulu.com

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

Friendship, Grieving, Hiking

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.92, Lulu.com

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]

Gratitude, Joy, Sorrow

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.

Love, Funny, Inspiring

Khalil Gibran (2015). “A Tear And A Smile - Parables, Stories, and Poems of Khalil Gibran”, p.22, Editora Dracaena

Then it is also in my heart to be worthy of your hate.

Hate, Heart, My Heart

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

You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.

Children, Parenting, Giving

The Prophet "On Children" (1923)

Poverty hides itself in thought before it surrenders to purses.

Purses, Poverty, Surrender

Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.

Inspiration

Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad.

Spiritual, Spirituality

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

Uplifting, Healing, Leader

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sad, Wall, Grief

Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example before teaching by word. For he who teaches himself and rectifies his own ways is more deserving of respect and reverence than he who would teach others and rectify their ways.

Respect, Teacher, Teaching

You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heath of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

Death, Heart, Eye

Khalil Gibran, “Death XXVII”

God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.

Science, Religion, Lips

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

I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prnts, And the wind will blow away the foam, But the sea and the shore will remain forver

Blow, Wind, Sea

Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight.

Eye, Thinking, Sight

Spring is beautiful everywhere, but it is more than beautiful in Lebanon. Spring is the spirit of an unknown God speeding through the world, which, as it reaches Lebanon, pauses, because now it is as at home with the souls of the Prophets and Kings hovering over the land, chanting with the brooks of Judea, the eternal Psalms of Solomon, renewing with the Cedars of Lebanon memories of an ancient glory.

Beautiful, Kings, Memories

Let your best be for your friend.

Friendship, Real, Friends

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

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.

Inspirational, Men, Space

Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me? A seeker of silences am I, and what treasure have I found in silences that I may dispense with confidence?

Hands, Silence, Listening

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

Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.

Self Esteem, Insults You, Praise

Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

Passion, Clock Is Ticking, Flames

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

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?

Wisdom, Land, Jail

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

Inspirational, Imagination, Mountain

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

He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.

Love, Song, Wind

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

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