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
perspective may world
The highest virtue here may be least in another world.
world this-world contempt
What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
world may spirituality
A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.
eye vision world
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
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A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.
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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.
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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
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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.
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When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a philosopher to speak her mind
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Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan of thinking
acquired
The Real me is mute, it is the acquired that is talkative.
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The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says, but rather to what he does not say.