It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran And before my Soul took me to task I was hard of hearing; I heard only tumult and uproar. But now I am all ears listening to the silence and its choirs singing the hymns of time, intoning the praises of the firmament, revealing the secrets of the invisible. Khalil Gibran hymns addiction inspiration My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul taught me, I doubted the value of my accomplishments until the passing days sent someone who would extol or disparage them. But now I know that trees blossom in the spring and give their fruits in the summer without any desire for accolades. And they scatter their leaves abroad in the fall and denude themselves in the winter without fear of reproof. Khalil Gibran summer spring fall Women opened the windows of my eyes and the doors of my spirit. Had it not been for the woman-mother, the woman-sister, and the woman-friend, I would have been sleeping among those who seek the tranquility of the world with their snoring. Khalil Gibran sister mother sleep Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the same well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives? Khalil Gibran inspirational-love laughter wine The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy. Khalil Gibran receiving giving needs A sense of humour is a sense of proportion. Khalil Gibran humour proportion The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals. Khalil Gibran lotuses prophet soul Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth. Did not Socrates fall proudly a victim in body? Was not Paul stoned for the sake of the Truth? It is our inner selves that hurt us when we disobey it, and it kills us when we betray it. Khalil Gibran truth hurt fall She danced the dance of flames and fire, Khalil Gibran dance stars flower Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. Khalil Gibran wedding-poetry desire love When you kill a beast, say to him in your heart: ~By the same power that slays you, I too am slain, and I too shall be consumed. ~For the law that delivers you into my hand shall deliver me into a mightier hand. ~Your blood and my blood is naught but the sap that feeds the tree of heaven. Khalil Gibran heart hands blood Life without Freedom is like a body without a soul, and Freedom without Thought is like a confused spirit. . . . Life, Freedom and Thought are three-in-one, and are everlasting and shall never pass away. Khalil Gibran confused confusion life Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth. Khalil Gibran music roots heart Darkness is dawn not yet born. Khalil Gibran born dawn darkness Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers. Khalil Gibran evil justice men The poet is a bird of strange moods. He descends from his lofty domain to tarry among us, singing; if we do not honor him he will unfold his wings and fly back to his dwelling place. Khalil Gibran dwelling-place wings bird Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy Khalil Gibran pain spiritual philosophy And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives? Khalil Gibran inspirational-love knives thinking 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 helping-others morning giving And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles. Khalil Gibran feet giving hands
