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
soul body my-soul
This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?
spiritual laughing unkind
You cannot laugh and be unkind at the same time
dawn east
Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east.
love enemy conquer
Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.
night darkness may
One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.
occupation belief action
Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?
speed pursued
It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.
perspective may world
The highest virtue here may be least in another world.
friends decrease increase
As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease.
lonely voice talking
The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely.
work soul earth
You work that you may keep peace with the earth and the soul of the earth.
fear evil doubt
Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.
beauty beautiful death
We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dreams.
spring heart eagles
Out of my deeper heart a bird rose and flew skywards. Higher and higher did it rise, yet larger and larger did it grow. At first it was but like a swallow, then a lark, then an eagle, then as vast as a spring cloud, and then it filled the starry heavens. Out of my heart a bird flew skywards. And it waxed larger as it flew. Yet it left not my heart.