Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 13

• When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake,
  I disturbed its surface with countless circles.
  But when I reached the depths,
  I became very still.

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  Lakes, Circles, Depth

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• The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.

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  Men, Law, Bird

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• Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.

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  Passion, Funeral, Soul

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.54, Lulu.com

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• In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of people's wrath.

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  Inspirational, Wrath, People

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• Love one another, but make not a bond of love.

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  Marriage, Wedding, Endless Sea

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

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• I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.

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  Spiritual, Believe, Mountain Peaks

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

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• A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.

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  Love, Truth, Secret

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

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• Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility: For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen, And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.

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  Pain, Grief, Healing

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.84, Lulu.com

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• One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.

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  Night, Darkness, Dawn

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• It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving.

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  Giving, Joy, Understanding

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.36, Lulu.com

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• Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality

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  Laughing, Originality, Sin

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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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  Inspiration, Whole, Seeing

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• Only those beneath me can envy or hate me. I have never been envied nor hated; I am above no one. Only those above me can praise or belittle me. I have never been praised nor belittled; I am below no one.

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  Hate, Envy, Praise

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

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• You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care, nor your nights without a want and a grief, but rather when these things girdle your life and yet you rise above them naked and unbound.

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  Depression, Grief, Night

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

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remain hovering over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves. I am one of those who remembers those places regardless of distance or time.

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  Beautiful, Children, Distance

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• If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.

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  Men, Association, Yardsticks

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• A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

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  Proportion, Humour

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

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• When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.

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  Hurt, Judging, Judgement

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• The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

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  Heart, Dancer, Soul

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• There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome.

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  Generosity, Giving, Desire

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

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• Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide.

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  Suicide, Wisdom, Fun

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

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• Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

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  Inspirational Love, Laughter, Wine

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

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

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  Faith, Stars, Heart

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• When you feel Jealousy is a sign that Love should have each other

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  Should Have, Should, Feels

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