Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
Kahlil Gibranwas a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League...
NationalityLebanese
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 January 1883
CityBsharri, Lebanon
CountryLebanon
past remembrance longing
And let to-day embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.
morning lunch sunrise
A fox looked at his shadow at sunrise and said, “I will have a camel for lunch today.” And all morning he went about looking for camels. But at noon he saw his shadow again-and he said, “A mouse will do.
history mind doe
History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.
life heart secret
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
life love-is eyes-and-love
When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep.
life love-you men
All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.
death heart sea
If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one.
dance stars flower
She danced the dance of flames and fire, and the dance of swords and spears; she danced the dance of stars and the dance of space, and then she danced the dance of flowers in the wind.
happiness men rivers
Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks. For man is happy only in His aspiration to the heights; When he attains his goal, he cools And longs for other distant flights.
time past love-is
And is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless? But if in you thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons, And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.
dream time memories
Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that 'yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
grieving rivers silence
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
men evil affliction
Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers.
heart hands giving
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts.