Kahlil Gibran Quotes

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
Kahlil Gibran

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
Kahlil Gibran

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.
Kahlil Gibran

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.
Kahlil Gibran

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.
Kahlil Gibran

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

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
Kahlil Gibran

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper
Kahlil Gibran



When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Kahlil Gibran

The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
Kahlil Gibran

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
Kahlil Gibran

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Kahlil Gibran

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
Kahlil Gibran

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

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

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

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. Kahlil Gibran

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Kahlil Gibran

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds. Kahlil Gibran

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



The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. Kahlil Gibran

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

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. Kahlil Gibran

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. Kahlil Gibran

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream. Kahlil Gibran

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Kahlil Gibran

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Kahlil Gibran

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. Kahlil Gibran

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Kahlil Gibran

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.
Kahlil Gibran

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind. Kahlil Gibran

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strangely, I am ungrateful to these teachers. Kahlil Gibran