If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved. Kahlil Gibran Death
Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers. Kahlil Gibran Love
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. Kahlil Gibran
I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Kahlil Gibran Silence Learning Kindness
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit. Kahlil Gibran Religion Prayer Spirit
I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. Kahlil Gibran Desire Dreams
I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Kahlil Gibran Silence
Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. Kahlil Gibran
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. Kahlil Gibran Soul
If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. Kahlil Gibran
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. Kahlil Gibran
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were. Kahlil Gibran
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. Kahlil Gibran
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. Kahlil Gibran Laughter Friendship
In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. Kahlil Gibran Laughter Friendship
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran Philosophy Wisdom
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms. Kahlil Gibran Self-discovery Knowledge
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Kahlil Gibran Soul
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. Kahlil Gibran Truth
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. Kahlil Gibran Perfection
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them. Kahlil Gibran
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Kahlil Gibran
No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. Kahlil Gibran
Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever. Kahlil Gibran Power Listening
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. Kahlil Gibran Truth
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. Kahlil Gibran Wisdom
