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
spiritual sunset sleep
We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another, and no sunrise finds us where left by sunset. Even while the earth sleeps we travel. We are the seeds of that tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind to be scattered.
blessing names different
A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a different path to eternity, there would be no human who should offer worship.
pride beloved
Love prides itself not only in the one who loves, but also in the beloved.
beloved unlimited possession
Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself.
summer gratitude regret
And some of your elders remember pleasures with regret like wrongs committed in drunkenness. But regret is the beclouding of the mind and not its chastisement. They should remember their pleasures with gratitude, as they would the harvest of a summer.
wings yield may
When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
greatness poverty faces
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
attitude volcanoes doe
Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
ideology mines
You have your ideology and I have mine.
angel men firsts
The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man
wisdom despise turns
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
hurt love-is alive
Love is life sharing, not for hurt, Love is alive both not ambiguous. Love is whole life, not an affair.
people advice please
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
death land people
Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.