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Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 9

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The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.

Lonely, Talking, Voice

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

Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.

Ignorant, Arguing, Foolish

We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without.

Spiritual, Cells, Deep Thought

Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.

Spiritual, Pain, Desire

If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.

Heart, Desert, Audience

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

What is fear of need but need itself?

Needs

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.34, Lulu.com

A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.

Religious, Men, Doe

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

Dream, Men, Gold

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

Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth. Did not Socrates fall proudly a victim in body? Was not Paul stoned for the sake of the Truth? It is our inner selves that hurt us when we disobey it, and it kills us when we betray it.

Hurt, Truth, Fall

"The Secrets of the Heart". Book by Khalil Gibran. Translated by Anthony R. Ferris, 1947.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness

Peace, Pain, Islands

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

Marriage, Wedding, Heart

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

He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.

Heaven, Doe, Kingdoms

Khalil Gibran “Khalil The Heretic”, Library of Alexandria

When you are born, your work is placed in your heart.

Heart, Born

Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth.

Truth, Spirit, Worship

It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me.

Moving, Yesterday, Spheres

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

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Faith, Stars, Heart

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Prayer, Joy, Needs

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

Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his skin and the blood of his body and the life of his heart, and placing her in the hands of the fruit of his toil and the revenue of his diligence; for when he slowly wakes up, he finds that the heart that he endeavored to buy is given away freely and in sincerity to another man for the enjoyment of its hidden secrets and deepest love.

Heart, Men, Blood

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

Religion, Temples, Daily Life

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

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Love, Motivational, Family

Prophet (1923) "On Work"

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Inspirational, Spiritual, Truth

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

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.

Love, Son, Religion

He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.

Brother, Understanding, Kindred

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Friendship, Real Friends, Purpose

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

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