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
time self stronger
Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.
life mistress life-is
Life is the mistress to be wooed.
teacher mind threshold
A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your own mind.
inspirational shells strange
Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.
flower may faces
Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.
art night self
Our God, who art our winged self, it is thy will in us that willeth. It is thy desire in us that desireth. It is thy urge in us that would turn our nights, which are thine, into days which are thine also. We cannot ask thee for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us: Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all.
lying desire depth
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond...
fire mouths might
I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I found myself mute.
cells honor gold
For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.
joy solitude burning
My yearning is my cup, my burning thirst is my drink, and my solitude is my intoxication; I do not and shall not quench my thirst. But in this burning that is never extinguished is a joy that never wanes.
love life marriage
When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
sick tolerance haughtiness
Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness.
love-is vision prophet
Love is all I can possess and no one can deprive me of it. Kahlil Gibran (Visions of the Prophet)
determination desire life-is
Life is not only merriment,It is desire and determination.