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 And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. Khalil Gibran prayer heart song The brooks flow to their lover, the sea, and the flowers smile at the object of their passion, the light. The mist rolls down to its beloved, the valley. And I? In me is what brooks do not know, what flowers do not hear, what the mist does not apprehend. You see me alone in my love, solitary in my yearning. Khalil Gibran passion light flower They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know something of himself. Khalil Gibran mankind spiritual men As the strings of a lute are apart though they quiver the same music. Khalil Gibran quiver strings Then a lawyer said, But what of our laws, master? And he answered: 'You delight in laying down laws. Yet you delight more in breaking them. Khalil Gibran laying-down delight law Tolerance is love sick with the sickness of haughtiness. Khalil Gibran haughtiness tolerance sick I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us. Khalil Gibran self matter lying Let there be spaces in your togetherness Khalil Gibran inspirational love relationship Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters. Khalil Gibran evil dark water Because the soul is like a flower that folds its petals when dark comes, and breathes not its fragrance into the phantoms of the night. Khalil Gibran flower dark night Disagreement may be the shortest cut between two minds. Khalil Gibran cutting mind two The true wealth of a nation lies not in it's gold or silver but in it's learning, wisdom and in the uprightness of its sons. Khalil Gibran wisdom lying son Many are the fools who say that Jesus stood in His own path and opposed Himself; that He knew not His own mind, and in the absence of that knowledge confounded Himself. Khalil Gibran path mind jesus A God who is good knows no segregation amongst words or names. And were a God to deny his blessing to those who pursue a different path to eternity, there would be no human who should offer worship. Khalil Gibran different blessing names For truth and the spirit will abide with the morrow. Khalil Gibran morrow spirit Love provided me with a tongue and tears. Khalil Gibran tongue tears It is only when you are pursued that you become swift. Khalil Gibran pursued speed A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland. Khalil Gibran poetry wings bird Life is the mistress to be wooed. Khalil Gibran mistress life-is life Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun. Khalil Gibran flower faces may
