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Kahlil Gibran
Born: 1883-01-06
Birthplace: Bsharri, Lebanon
Died: 1931-04-10
Location of Death: New York City
Field: Poet, Novelist
Info: The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran Quotes


No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver.

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  1. A man's true wealth is the good he does in the wor ...
  2. A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who esca ...
  3. Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfecti ...
  4. All that spirits desire, spirits attain. ...
  5. And forget not that the earth delights to feel you ...
  6. And in the sweetness of friendship let there be la ...
  7. And think not you can direct the course of love, f ...
  8. Art arises when the secret vision of the artist an ...
  9. Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known ...
  10. Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known ...
  11. As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease. ...
  12. Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.

  13. Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and ...
  14. Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and ...
  15. Coming generations will learn equality from povert ...
  16. Death most resembles a prophet who is without hono ...
  17. Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is h ...
  18. During the first period of a man's life the greate ...
  19. Education sows not seeds in you, but makes your se ...
  20. Enthusiasm is a volcano on whose top never grows t ...
  21. Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth ...
  22. Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth ...
  23. Faith, is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the ...
  24. Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God. ...
  25. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hung ...
  26. For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wi ...
  27. Forget not that the earth delights to feel your ba ...
  28. Forget not that the earth delights to feel your ba ...
  29. Forget not that the earth delights to feel your ba ...
  30. Friendship is always a sweet responsibility never ...
  31. Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride ...
  32. Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride ...
  33. Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride ...
  34. Generosity is not giving me that which I need more ...
  35. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keepin ...
  36. God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us ...
  37. God made Truth with many doors to welcome every be ...
  38. God made Truth with many doors to welcome every be ...
  39. Half of what I say is meaningless but I say it so ...
  40. Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanc ...
  41. He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy ...
  42. He who requires urging to do a noble act will neve ...
  43. History does not repeat itself except in the minds ...
  44. I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to m ...
  45. I am one of those who believe that spiritual progr ...
  46. I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here ...
  47. I have learnt silence from the talkative, tolerati ...
  48. I have learnt silence from the talkative, tolerati ...
  49. I have learnt silence from the talkative, tolerati ...
  50. I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in y ...
  51. I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in y ...
  52. I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with ...
  53. I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to ...
  54. If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifull ...
  55. If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifull ...
  56. If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifull ...
  57. If my survival caused another to perish, then deat ...
  58. If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had ...
  59. If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had ...
  60. If you are poor, shun association with him who mea ...
  61. If you cannot work with love but only with distast ...
  62. If you cannot work with love but only with distast ...
  63. If you cannot work with love but only with distast ...
  64. If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should ...
  65. If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should ...
  66. In battling evil, excess is good for he who is mod ...
  67. In one drop of water are found all the secrets of ...
  68. In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song. ...
  69. It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has be ...
  70. It is well to give when asked but it is better to ...
  71. It is well to give when asked, but it is better to ...
  72. It is wrong to think that love comes from long com ...
  73. Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, th ...
  74. Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow i ...
  75. Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowled ...
  76. Let there be spaces in your togetherness. ...
  77. Life can only be understood backwards but it must ...
  78. Life without liberty is like a body without spirit ...
  79. Life without liberty is like a body without spirit ...
  80. Life without love is like a tree without blossoms ...
  81. Life without love is like a tree without blossoms ...
  82. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but ...
  83. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To ...
  84. Love is know the pain of too much tenderness. ...
  85. Man merely discovers' he never can and never will ...
  86. Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see trut ...
  87. Marriage is the golden ring in a chain, whose begi ...
  88. Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the ...
  89. My friends and my road-fellows, pity the nation th ...
  90. No lower can a man descend than to interpret his d ...
  91. Nor shall derision prove powerful against those wh ...
  92. Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I fo ...
  93. Oh, heart, I the ignorant say to you that the soul ...
  94. Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faul ...
  95. Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and compl ...
  96. Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. ...
  97. Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with ...
  98. Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with ...
  99. Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatn ...
  100. Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in adv ...
  101. Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, ...
  102. Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ...
  103. Safeguarding the rights of others is the most nobl ...
  104. Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I ...
  105. Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness ...
  106. Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness ...
  107. That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you ...
  108. The best of men is he who blushes when you praise ...
  109. The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man ...
  110. The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the ...
  111. The eye of a human being is a microscope, which ma ...
  112. The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and ...
  113. The light of the stars that were extinguished ages ...
  114. The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ag ...
  115. The most solid stone in the structure is the lowes ...
  116. The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns the ...
  117. The person you consider ignorant and insignificant ...
  118. The reality of the other person lies not in what h ...
  119. The significance of a man is not in what he attain ...
  120. The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweet ...
  121. The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessnes ...
  122. The truly religious man does not embrace a religio ...
  123. They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vis ...
  124. They deem me mad for I will not sell my days for g ...
  125. Time has been transformed, and we have changed it ...
  126. Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it ...
  127. To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfac ...
  128. To be closer to God, be closer to people. ...
  129. To realize that prophecy in the people is like fru ...
  130. To understand the heart and mind of a person, look ...
  131. To understand the heart and mind of a person, look ...
  132. Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand befo ...
  133. We choose our joys and sorrows long before we expe ...
  134. We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautif ...
  135. We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of o ...
  136. What difference is there between us, save a restle ...
  137. What do the nationalists say about killers punishi ...
  138. What do the nationalists say about killers punishi ...
  139. What is this world that is hastening me toward I k ...
  140. When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce ...
  141. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, a ...
  142. When you have solved all the mysteries of life you ...
  143. When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthes ...
  144. Where can I find a man governed by reason instead ...
  145. Where is the justice of political power if it exec ...
  146. Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls up ...
  147. Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls up ...
  148. Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work ...
  149. Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work ...
  150. Would that I were a dry well, and that the people ...
  151. Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep ...
  152. Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep ...
  153. Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is t ...
  154. Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks befor ...
  155. You are the bows from which your children as livin ...
  156. You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the st ...
  157. You give but little when you give of your posessio ...
  158. You give but little when you give of your possessi ...
  159. You give but little when you give of your possessi ...
  160. You give little when you give of your possessions. ...
  161. You pray in your distress and in your need; would ...
  162. You progress not through improving what has been d ...
  163. You see but your shadow when you turn your back to ...
  164. You shall be free indeed when your days are not wi ...
  165. Your children are not your children. They are the ...
  166. Your confidence in the people, and your doubt abou ...
  167. Your pain is the breaking of the shell that enclos ...
  168. Your pain is the breaking of the shell that enclos ...
  169. Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which ...
  170. Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of ...

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