Inspiring Quotes by Kahlil Gibran - Page 2

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Small: The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a m
"The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master"
Small: Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror
"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror"
Small: Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed
"Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed"
Small: And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair
"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair"
Small: And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation
"And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation"
Small: Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof
"Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof"
Small: Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper
"Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper"
Small: Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation
"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation"
Small: Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother
"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother"
Small: Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his peop
"Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people"
Small: Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes
"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes"
Small: If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees
"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees"
Small: You have your ideology and I have mine
"You have your ideology and I have mine"
Small: Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity
"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity"
Small: Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair"
Small: For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one
"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one"
Small: The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is
"The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is"
Small: Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth.
"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'"
Small: Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being
"Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being"
Small: Sadness is but a wall between two gardens
"Sadness is but a wall between two gardens"
Small: Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert
"Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert"
Small: Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them
"Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them"
Small: March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the
"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"
Small: Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth
"Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth"
Small: Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be
"Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be"
Small: Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love
"Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love"
Small: Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls"
Small: Love is trembling happiness
"Love is trembling happiness"
Small: Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms
"Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms"
Small: I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be
"I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art"
Small: I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams
"I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires"
Small: I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of o
"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"
Small: I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind yet, s
"I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers"
Small: I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no
"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"
Small: Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the a
"Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers"
Small: Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more t
"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"
Small: Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need
"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need"
Small: Life without liberty is like a body without spirit
"Life without liberty is like a body without spirit"
Small: If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humbl
"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"
Small: Yesterday is but todays memory, and tomorrow is todays dream
"Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream"
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