Khalil Gibran quotes

“Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.”

— Khalil Gibran

“Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.”

— Khalil Gibran

“If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.”

— Khalil Gibran

“Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.”

— Khalil Gibran

“What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?”

— Khalil Gibran

“Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.”

— Khalil Gibran

“Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.”

— Khalil Gibran

“They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.”

— Khalil Gibran

“What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?”

— Khalil Gibran

“When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.”

— Khalil Gibran

“Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.”

— Khalil Gibran

“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?”

— Khalil Gibran

“Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.”

— Khalil Gibran

“Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.”

— Khalil Gibran