God listens not to your words save when He Himself utters them through your lips. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert. Khalil Gibran uprising truth spring For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all. Khalil Gibran generosity blessing giving The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds. Khalil Gibran guilty democracy half The envier praises me unknowingly. Khalil Gibran praise Sorrow is too great to exist in small hearts. Khalil Gibran sorrow creative heart Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Khalil Gibran stubborn love giving Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Khalil Gibran endless-sea wedding marriage Rob a neighbour with a smile. Khalil Gibran neighbour judgement Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers. Khalil Gibran sacrifice body heart Life has two halves: one patient and one afire. Love is the fiery half. Make me, O Lord, food for the flames. Khalil Gibran flames love-is two Love passes by us, robed in meekness; but we flee from her in fear, or hide in the darkness; or else pursue her, to do evil in her name. Khalil Gibran darkness evil names These things he said in words. But much in his heart remained unsaid. For he himself could not speak his deeper secret. Khalil Gibran speak secret heart If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a man loses his wealth, after a little thought he will realize that the delight that came from wealth will be restored by finding more. Thus he forgets his loss and is consoled. But if a man's heart is deprived of peace, where will he find it again, how will he replace it? Khalil Gibran loss heart men Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality Khalil Gibran originality sin laughing When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born, And what is it to work with love? It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth. It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house. It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit. It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit. Work is love made visible Khalil Gibran fashion dream heart And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught. Khalil Gibran mystery purpose spirit Be patient, for it is from doubt that knowledge is born. Khalil Gibran be-patient patient doubt He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering. Khalil Gibran suffering spiritual complaining Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man. Khalil Gibran inspiring love funny Saying this, he turned his head toward the window as if he were trying to solve the problems of human existence by concentrating on the beauty of the universe. Khalil Gibran problem trying window
