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
earth
Let the earth take that which is hers; for I, man, have no end
sleep earth ripeness
Even while the Earth sleeps we travel.
work soul earth
You work that you may keep peace with the earth and the soul of the earth.
earth sun skylarks
But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you?
return earth eternity
Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.
dream earth aging
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born.
heart breathing earthquakes
Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them.
again australian-actor deep given giving heart shall sorrow truth weeping
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
forget whom
You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.
beauty light
Beauty in not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
child green last leading line poem putting sheep
Yes, there is Nirvana; it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem
among follow hard hidden love sword ways wings wound yield
When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep.And when his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
life mind produces singer speak
When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind
caravan faith heart oasis reached thinking
Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan of thinking