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
struggle men seeking
Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.
pain oysters passing-by
Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress." And the other oyster replied with haughty complacence, "Praise be to the heavens and to the sea, I have no pain within me. I am well and whole both within and without." At that moment a crab was passing by and heard the two oysters, and he said to the one who was well and whole both within and without, "Yes, you are well and whole; but the pain that your neighbor bears is a pearl of exceeding beauty."
flower faces sun
Be like the flower, turn your faces to the sun.
heart passion hell
Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart..
inspirational spiritual journey
When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.
beautiful appreciation war
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
humor giving may
All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.
attitude freedom 4th-of-july
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
love inspirational dream
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
love motivational family
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
spiritual kindness kids
To belittle, you have to be little.
dream men gold
The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.
dream player dancer
And if there come the singers, and the dancers and the flute players - buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and fod for your soul.
spiritual philosophy thought-provoking
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.