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
believe men greater
Am I less man because I believe in a greater man?
country brother jesus
You hate Jesus because someone from the North Country said He was the Son of God. But you hate one another because each of you deems himself too great to be the brother of the next man.
wind tears skins
He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked. The wind and the sun will tear no holes in his skin.
heart men hands
When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.
space togetherness strings
Let there be spaces in your togetherness...just as strings of a lute dance alone though they quiver with the same music.
dream sadness sleep
Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will; the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill.
strong solitude weak
The strong grows in solitude where the weak withers away.
home anchors contemplation
Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.
parenting giving may
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
tortoises speed hares
Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.
needs
What is fear of need but need itself?
war passion soul
Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.
strong kindness goal
You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. For those who limp go not backwards. But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness.
valentines-day pain too-much
To know the pain of too much tenderness