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
daily heart less miracles pain seem wonder wondrous
Could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy.
commands hold instrument knew single stood string
Once I, deemed myself a poet. But when I stood before him in Bethany I knew what is was to hold an instrument with but a single string before one who commands all instruments
australian-actor cultivates knowledge seeds sow
Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.
alone asleep joy remember sorrow together
... joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
caravan faith heart oasis reached thinking
Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan of thinking
filled laughter rises
And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.
earth
Let the earth take that which is hers; for I, man, have no end
asked understanding
It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
answer flower seed soul
Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.
blind darkness empty indeed knowledge life save urge vain work
Life is indeed darkness save when there is urge, and all urge is blind save when there is knowledge, and all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love.
asking country desert oasis politician
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you, or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert
children daughters longing sons
Your children are not your children. / They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
drop found oceans secrets water
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans
deep deeper given giving heart joy shall sorrow
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. 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 y