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
sea leaving all-things
The sea that calls all things unto her cals me, and I must embark.
love-you love-is passionate
Passionate love is a quenchless thirst....
brother judgement saint
The saint and the sinner are twin brothers...one was born but the moment before the other.
truth slavery doe
He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
sympathy condolences death-of-a-loved-one
When you are sorrowful, look again.
evil house thieves
You are good when you are one with yourself. Yet when you are not one with yourself you are not evil. For a divided house is not a den of thieves; it is only a divided house. And a ship without rudder may wander aimlessly among perilous isles yet sink not to the bottom.
house guests would-be
If it were not for guests all houses would be graves.
talking bored soul
I am bored with gabbers and their gab; my soul abhors them. . . . Is there any place where there is no traffic in empty talk? Is there on this earth one who does not worship himself talking?
love doe found
True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist, Nor can it be hidden where it truly does. Anonymous Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.
life spiritual men
Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man's life, and it is the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in all its tragic forms, a supreme motive for spiritual awakening?
life unseen our-lives
The subtlest beauties in our life are unseen and unheard.
life butterfly dark
Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel.
life angel devil
He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.
life poet prose
I am a poet who composes what life proses, and who proses what life composes.