And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may livethrough its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, "Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful. Khalil Gibran compassion heart men Some of our children are our justifications and some are but our regrets Khalil Gibran justification regret children Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb? Khalil Gibran tombs hate would-be He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly. Khalil Gibran bless soul mother The mute grain turns to love songs when swallowed by the nightingale. Khalil Gibran mute grain song Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. Khalil Gibran bleeding names heart They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish. Khalil Gibran may giving The only time a juggler / Appeals to me / Is when I see him / Miss the ball. Khalil Gibran appeals balls missing And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God. Khalil Gibran work love-you life History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history. Khalil Gibran mind doe history It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears. Khalil Gibran eye ears song There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And 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. Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes he smiles upon the earth. Khalil Gibran pain eye hands The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love Khalil Gibran regret inspirational love And when you were a silent word upon Life's quivering lips, I too was there, another silent word. Then life uttered us and we came down the years throbbing with memories of yesterday and with longing for tomorrow, for yesterday was death conquered and tomorrow was birth pursued. Khalil Gibran yesterday memories years You are good when you are one with yourself. Yet when you are not one with yourself you are not evil. For a divided house is not a den of thieves; it is only a divided house. And a ship without rudder may wander aimlessly among perilous isles yet sink not to the bottom. Khalil Gibran thieves evil house In friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures. Khalil Gibran true-friend laughter friendship Poverty hides itself in thought before it surrenders to purses. Khalil Gibran purses surrender poverty It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands. Khalil Gibran skins tears hands If it were not for guests all houses would be graves. Khalil Gibran guests would-be house The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. Khalil Gibran ignorant grief might
