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
running rivers light
Humanity is a river of light running from the ex-eternity to eternity.
country strong heaven
Let us disperse from our aloofness and serve the weak who made us strong, and cleanse the country in which we live. Let us teach this miserable nation to smile and rejoice with heaven's bounty and glory of life and freedom.
law delight laying-down
Then a lawyer said, But what of our laws, master? And he answered: 'You delight in laying down laws. Yet you delight more in breaking them.
crush gratitude heart
And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.
memories joy sorrow
I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of the living to the dead; I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.
spiritual writing timeless
Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.
uplifting healing leader
The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know....
eye thinking sight
Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight.
love inspirational relationship
Let there be spaces in your togetherness
kindness names mirrors
Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.
sweet confused soul
Your body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds.
language seven
We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.
life wisdom eye
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.
dream spring heart
Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.