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
body less meet sun wind
Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your body and less of your raiment
soul body harps
Your body is the harp of the soul.
men soul body
The soul is an embryo in the body of Man, and the day of death is the Day of awakening, for it is the Great era of labour and the rich Hour of creation.
soul body birth
I had a second birth when my soul and my body loved one another and were married.
soul body my-soul
This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?
knowledge body soil
Reason without learning is like the untilled soil, or like the human body that lacks nourishment.
mind body slavery
It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body
house body
Your house is your larger body.
wine soul body
The thirst of soul is sweeter than the wine of material things, and the fear of spirit is dearer than the security of the body.
wind clothes body
Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy, you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your body and less of your raiment.
love secret body
A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.
heart sacrifice body
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.
aware knows memory timeless tomorrow yesterday
The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.
filled laughter rises
And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.