I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran God has created several doors which open onto truth. He opens them to all those who knock on them with the hand of faith. Khalil Gibran doors hands There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing. Khalil Gibran space inspirational men The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master. Khalil Gibran lust courage house In the mouth of Society are many diseased teeth, decayed to the bones of the jaws. But Society makes no effort to have them extracted and be rid of the affliction. It contents itself with gold fillings. Khalil Gibran effort society gold Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. Khalil Gibran anger wisdom inspirational The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply. Khalil Gibran cute-life simplicity inspirational They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price. Khalil Gibran mad money thinking Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Khalil Gibran wedding love life The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Khalil Gibran dream inspirational love You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Khalil Gibran arrows parenting children If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience. Khalil Gibran audience desert heart I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I found myself mute. Khalil Gibran fire mouths might The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none. Khalil Gibran awareness would-be men A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your own mind. Khalil Gibran threshold mind teacher Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. Khalil Gibran motivational inspirational love The tiny flame that lights up the human heart is like a blazing torch that comes down from heaven to light up the paths of mankind. For in one soul are contained the hopes and feelings of all Mankind. Khalil Gibran flames light heart No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone. Khalil Gibran wedding spiritual hands Love is not without its flaws. The stronger the love, the more it tests you. Compassion and empathy will make true love persist. Khalil Gibran empathy compassion love-is A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion. Khalil Gibran religious doe men The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. Khalil Gibran gold dream men
