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
ocean son climbing
Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth.
men two imagination
Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born
children archer arrows
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth./The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
men wings vision
For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.
beautiful forgiveness spring
In the autumn I gathered all my sorrows and buried them in my garden. And when April returned and spring came to wed the earth, there grew in my garden beautiful flowers unlike all other flowers. And my neighbors came to behold them, and they all said to me, "When autumn comes again, at seeding time, will you not give us of the seeds of these flowers that we may have them in our gardens?"
spiritual evil hunger-and-thirst
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?
love-is lips gentle
Love is the gentle smile upon the lips of beauty.
self-esteem insults-you praise
Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.
kings fear hands
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
candid ifs
If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
nature flower garden
Give and Take... For to the bee a flower is a fountain if life And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.
heart breathing earthquakes
Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them.
wisdom land jail
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?
truth men evil
He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.