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
parenting giving may
You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
wings yield may
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.
night darkness may
One may not reach the dawn save by path of night.
perspective may world
The highest virtue here may be least in another world.
flower may faces
Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.
giving may
They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
giving judgement may
Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.
sleep evil may
You are good when you are fully awake in your speech, Yet you are not evil when you sleep while your tongue staggers without purpose. And even stumbling speech may strengthen a weak tongue.
world may spirituality
A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.
giving tree may
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
humor giving may
All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.
inspirational wisdom may
If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.
spiritual may emotion
You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
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.