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Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 2

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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Inspirational, Life, Education

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

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

Love, Moving On, Marriage

Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.

Joy, Sorrow, Fever Series

Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you.

Looks

Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder.

Passion, Enthusiasm, Reason

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

Men, Would Be, Awareness

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

The snow and the storm destroy the flower; but its seed they cannot kill.

Flower, Snow, Storm

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

Men, Doe, World

Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.

Tortoises, Speed, Hares

Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.

Relationship, Acceptance, Faults

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

Spiritual, Wind, Keeping Secrets

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

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Life, Happiness, Success

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

Beautiful, Appreciation, War

Strange that we all defend our wrongs with more vigor than we do our rights.

Rights, Vigor, Strange

You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.

Spiritual, May, Emotion

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

Wisdom, Men, Praise

When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.

Pain, Fields, Fruit

A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.

Liars, Men, Thieves

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

The silence of the envious is too noisy.

Silence, Envious, Noisy

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

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Inspirational, Life, Faith

Khalil Gibran “Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran”, Library of Alexandria

You are far, far greater than you know - and all is well.

Wells, Knows, Greater

"Prophet Motive" by Joan Acocella, www.newyorker.com. January 7, 2008.

Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.

Freedom, Forget, Form

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

I do not want you to hear that I LOVE you, but I want you to feel it without me having to say.

Love You, Want, Feels

Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.

Spiritual, Truth, Foam

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

Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons

Love, Life, Flower

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

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