Khalil Gibran

Poet, Writer

Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese-American poet and philosopher, best known for his book 'The Prophet', which explores themes of love, life, and spirituality.

Born
January 1, 1883
Died
April 10, 1931
Quotes
768
Rank
#16

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"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."

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"The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly"

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

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"We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another day; and no sunrise finds us where sunset left us."

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"If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?"

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"It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone."

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"Love is a magic ray emitted from the burning core of the soul and illuminating the surrounding earth. It enables us to perceive life as a beautiful dream between one awakening and another."

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"Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness."

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

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"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary."

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

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"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself."

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

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"They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve."

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