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Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 5

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Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpetings, and farewells him with

Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpetings, and farewells him with hootings, only to welcome another ruler with trumpetings again. Pity the nation whose sages are dumb with years and whose strong men are yet in the cradle. Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation.

Art, Strong, Farewell

But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips.

Running, Spiritual, Song

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

You shall be held down by the chains of your own judgment.

Judgement, Tears, Harlots

"Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces".

Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress." And the other oyster replied with haughty complacence, "Praise be to the heavens and to the sea, I have no pain within me. I am well and whole both within and without." At that moment a crab was passing by and heard the two oysters, and he said to the one who was well and whole both within and without, "Yes, you are well and whole; but the pain that your neighbor bears is a pearl of exceeding beauty."

Beauty, Pain, Oysters

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Inspirational, Life, Humility

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

Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.

Spiritual, Moving, Compassion

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

Pain, Adversity, Self

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.84, Lulu.com

The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.

Wisdom, Lying, Son

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Inspirational, Wisdom, Anger

Sand and Foam (1926) p. 59

Mother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.

Beautiful, Mom, Mother

I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength.

Believe, Tired, Humility

I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.

Spiritual, Loneliness, Safety

Khalil Gibran (1918). “The Madman”, p.1, Library of Alexandria

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.

Love, Life, Relationship

"The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul". Book by Kahlil Gibran, translated by Juan R. I. Cole. Chapter "The Anthem of Humanity", 1994.

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.

Love, Marriage, Nature

When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.

Beauty, Beautiful, People

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

Money, Thinking, Mad

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

The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.

Inspirational, Life, Success

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

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?

Friendship, Best Friend, Real Friends

Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born

Inspirational, Wisdom, Men

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

Only yesterday I was no different than them, yet I was saved. I am explaining to you the way of life of a people who say every sort of wicked thing about me because I sacrificed their friendship to gain my own soul. I left the dark paths of their duplicity and turned my eyes toward the light where there is salvation, truth, and justice. They have exiled me now from their society, yet I am content. Mankind only exiles the one whose large spirit rebels against injustice and tyranny. He who does not prefer exile to servility is not free in the true and necessary sense of freedom.

Spiritual, Eye, Dark

You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet; you may even throw me into a dark prison; but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free!

Dark, Thinking, Feet

When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love, Life, Marriage

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.24, Lulu.com

Do not keep crying when your love has been gone. You only need Smile because he had been given you the opportunity to meet someone who is better.

Opportunity, Needs, Gone

Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful.

Spiritual, Pain, Heart

love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Marriage, Moving, Sea

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

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