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
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768
Rank
#16

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"Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you."

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"It is only when you are pursued that you become swift."

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"Love prides itself not only in the one who loves, but also in the beloved."

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"Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits."

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"A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free."

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"You are good when you are one with yourself. Yet when you are not one with yourself you are not evil. For a divided house is not a den of thieves; it is only a divided house. And a ship without rudder may wander aimlessly among perilous isles yet sink not to the bottom."

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"But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity."

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"Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will; the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill."

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"Where are you now, my beloved? Do you hear my weeping From beyond the ocean? Do you understand my need? Do you know the greatness of my patience?"

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"If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts."

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"These things he said in words. But much in his heart remained unsaid. For he himself could not speak his deeper secret."

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"The power to Love is God's greatest gift to man, For it never will be taken from the Blessed one who loves."

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"The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed."

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"You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing."

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"And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone. Ay, and he falls for those ahead of him, who though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone."

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"In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe to all men."

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