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
truth slavery doe
He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
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.
history mind doe
History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.
attitude volcanoes doe
Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
sympathy love-is doe
Love is timeless.... Death does not separate the lover from the beloved.
book doe ass
He who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass that is loaded with books.
love moving doe
Who among you does not feel that his power to love is boundless? And yet who does not feel that very love, though boundless, encompassed within the center of his being, and moving not from love thought to love thought, nor from love deeds to other love deeds?
sowing doe sowing-seeds
Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.
religious men doe
A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.
being-alone slavery doe
Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
heaven kingdoms doe
He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life.
men world doe
A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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.