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
stealing utopia possession
Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.
wedding memories wind
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
dream heart night
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of the heart's knowledge. You would know in words that which you have always known in thought. You would touch with your fingers the naked body of the dreams.
friendship beautiful tears
Love that is cleansed by tears will remain eternally pure and beautiful.
dream sleep slave
They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them: If you see a slave sleeping, wake him and explain to him freedom.
sometimes truth-is known
A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes.
wedding heart beloved
Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.
mountain-peaks funeral soul
I have passed the mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the firmament of Complete and unbounded freedom; I am in comfort, I am in peace.
dream spring heart
Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
democracy half guilty
The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds.
dream earth aging
Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born.
return earth eternity
Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity.
language seven
We shall never understand one another until we reduce the language to seven words.
habit meaningless
Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits.