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
nature writing sky
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
science religion lips
God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips.
eye giving water
The first glance from the eyes of the beloved is like the spirit that moved upon the face of the waters, giving birth to heaven and earth.
friendship best-friend real-friends
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
struggle men political
Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.
beautiful stars kindness
Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
spiritual may emotion
You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
spiritual pain desire
Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.
heart desert audience
If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.
spiritual pain space
There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.
spiritual believe mountain-peaks
I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.
freedom forget form
Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.
friendship real-friends purpose
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
faith uplifting philosophical
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.