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
children daughters longing sons
Your children are not your children. / They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
song inspiring-love mouths
Poetry is not the opinion stated. It is a song that appears instead of a bloody wound or a smiling mouth.
wisdom lying son
The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons.
song mute grain
The mute grain turns to love songs when swallowed by the nightingale.
song prayer heart
Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.
song prayer sleep
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
song morning night
For that which is boundless in you abides in the mansion of the sky, whose door is the morning mist, and whose windows are the songs and the silences of night.
being-strong song sweet
The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.
song fall hands
Pity it is we drowse too soon Pity it is we fall asleep Ere our song encompass the height Ere our hand inherit the deep
son creative sorrow
We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians.
song hymns space
But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity.
dream song memories
If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more,we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky.
song eye ears
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.
ocean son climbing
Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth.