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
judging weakness judgment
Conscience is a just but weak judge. Weakness leaves it powerless to execute its judgment.
friendship real-friends needs
Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.
freedom men being-free
A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free.
book doe ass
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
heart space myrtle
Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body's element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space.
all-things universe
All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.
love-you heart my-heart
When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.
love-is age-love weddings-and-love
For love is sufficient unto love.
hands tears skins
It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.
memories autumn wind
But memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more.
dream song memories
If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more,we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky.
song eye ears
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.
blow wind sea
I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam, The high tide will erase my food prnts, And the wind will blow away the foam, But the sea and the shore will remain forver
summer fear spring
Now I realize that the trees blossom in Spring and bear fruit in Summer without seeking praise; and they drop their leaves in Autumn and become naked in Winter without fearing blame.