During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. When once the risk has really been taken, then the greatest danger is to risk too much. Kahlil Gibran More Quotes by Kahlil Gibran More Quotes From Kahlil Gibran Faith, is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. Kahlil Gibran Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Kahlil Gibran Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself... You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. Kahlil Gibran Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife. Kahlil Gibran Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others. Kahlil Gibran I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expense, and my expense is equal to my wishes. Kahlil Gibran You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran You progress not through improving what has been done, but reaching toward what has yet to be done. Kahlil Gibran My friends and my road-fellows, pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest, and drinks a wine that flows not from its own winepress. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero, and that deems the glittering conqueror bountiful. Pity the nation that raises not its voice save when it walks in a funeral, boasts not except among its ruins, and will rebel not save when its neck is laid between the sword and the block. Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking. Pity the nation that welcomes its new ruler with trumpetings, and farewells him with hootings, only to welcome another with trumpetings again. Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation. Kahlil Gibran Half of what I say is meaningless but I say it so that the other half may reach you. Kahlil Gibran Marriage is the golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity. Kahlil Gibran Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being. Kahlil Gibran History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history. Kahlil Gibran If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully. Kahlil Gibran Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. Kahlil Gibran Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. Kahlil Gibran In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans. Kahlil Gibran Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Kahlil Gibran I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art. Kahlil Gibran
