Does the song of the sea end at the shore or in the hearts of those who listen to it? Khalil More Quotes by Khalil More Quotes From Khalil I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath. Khalil eye reality looks I am the infinite sea, and all worlds are but grains of sand upon my shore. Khalil infinite sea world I'm not too much of a wild guy. I'm all about work, I'm all about studio. Khalil studios too-much guy Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at the end. Khalil tyrants long lying In my thought there is only one universal religion, whose varied paths are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being. Khalil fingers path hands I have learned that the place where I subsist is all places, and the space I occupy is all intervals. Khalil intervals i-have-learned space All that you see was and is for your sake. The numerous books, uncanny markings, and beautiful thoughts are the ghosts of souls who preceded you. Khalil soul beautiful book Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who try to combine their greed for wealth with their desire for a happy afterlife. Khalil afterlife greed trying We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble. Khalil voice courage heaven What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters? Khalil killers thieves politics They say if one understands himself, he understands all people. But I say to you, when one loves people, he learns something about himself. Khalil one-love ifs people Master, Master Poet, Master of our silent desires, Khalil desire heart song You are still despised and mocked, Khalil too-much weak men Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. Khalil desire love-is thinking All this I say that you may understand not only in the mind but rather in the spirit. The mind weighs and measures but it is the spirit that reaches the heart of life and embraces the secret; and the seed of the spirit is deathless. Khalil secret mind heart The wind may blow and then cease, and the sea shall swell and then weary, but the heart of life is a sphere quiet and serene, and the star that shines therein is fixed for evermore. Khalil stars blow heart I go — as others already crucified have gone. And think not we are weary of crucifixion. For we must be crucified by larger and yet larger men, between greater earths and greater heavens. Khalil men heaven thinking I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do — for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action. Khalil deeds sound believe All that you see was and is for your sake. The numerous books, uncanny markings, and beautiful thoughts are the ghosts of souls who preceded you. The speech they weave is a link between you and your human siblings. The consequences that cause sorrow and rapture are the seeds that the past has sown in the field of the soul, and by which the future shall profit. Khalil sibling beautiful book Some find Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran’s poetry preachy and moralizing, but I find it plenty enlightening—it’s hard to object to the melodic, cosmic of mysticism of a line like ‘That which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.’ Khalil space stars dwelling
