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
life thinking stones
Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry.
giving may
They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
disputes knows
Why dispute what we shall be, when we know not even what we are.
heart creative sorrow
Sorrow is too great to exist in small hearts.
praise
The envier praises me unknowingly.
wisdom suicide fun
Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide.
cutting two mind
Disagreement may be the shortest cut between two minds.
wisdom inspirational-love heart
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain... When you are joyous look deep into your heart and you will find that it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
jesus mind path
Many are the fools who say that Jesus stood in His own path and opposed Himself; that He knew not His own mind, and in the absence of that knowledge confounded Himself.
judgement skins naked
What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?
judgement lambs shepherds
The shepherd will deny the diseased lamb in fear of the flock.
hurt judging judgement
When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.
jesus book compassion
Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me where He speaks without mercy and compassion. You visit not the sick and the imprisoned; nor do you feed the hungry or give refuge to the stranger or comfort to the mourner.
hate would-be tombs
Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb?