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
inspirational life happiness
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
spiritual believe mountain-peaks
I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.
inspirational strength kindness
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
joy sorrow fever-series
Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.
giving tree may
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
eye giving water
The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.
death dream spiritual
In the depths of your hopes and desires, lies your silent knowledge of the beyond, and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
friendship best-friend real-friends
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
beautiful stars kindness
Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
love doubt term
Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
nature writing sky
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
passion enthusiasm reason
Let passion fill your sails, but let reason be your rudder.
dream children parenting
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
shadow sun turns
You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.