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 Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation. Kahlil Gibran Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. Kahlil Gibran Education sows not seeds in you, but makes your seeds grow. Kahlil Gibran Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Kahlil Gibran If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. Kahlil Gibran He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it. Kahlil Gibran If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work. Kahlil Gibran You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Kahlil Gibran Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who try to combine their greed for wealth with their desire for a happy afterlife. Kahlil Gibran Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth. Kahlil Gibran Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. Kahlil Gibran Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love love recompenses the adorers. Kahlil Gibran I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. Kahlil Gibran Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. Kahlil Gibran Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions. Kahlil 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. Kahlil Gibran To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do. Kahlil Gibran Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manefestation of nature agree to find new shapes. Kahlil Gibran Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. Kahlil Gibran Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Kahlil Gibran