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
wisdom words-of-wisdom
Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words.
philosophy men soul
There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine.
heaven kingdoms doe
He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.
appreciation heart people
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
faith uplifting philosophical
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
pain heart understanding
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.
inspirational laughter heart
I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes.
children parenting archery
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
inspirational life sadness
joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
friendship best-friend real-friends
Your friend is your needs answered.
men law bird
The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.
kindness spring heart
From a sensitive woman's heart springs the happiness of mankind, and from the kindness of her noble spirit comes mankind's affection.
sunset rainbow soul
Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.
passion soul lust
The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul.