It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. Kahlil Gibran More Quotes by Kahlil Gibran More Quotes From Kahlil Gibran Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. Kahlil Gibran Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. Kahlil Gibran Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Kahlil Gibran Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. Kahlil Gibran The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say. Kahlil Gibran Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Kahlil Gibran As one's gifts increase, his friends decrease. Kahlil Gibran Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God. Kahlil Gibran God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware that is within them. Kahlil Gibran God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them. Kahlil Gibran If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches. Kahlil Gibran If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. Kahlil Gibran The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy. Kahlil Gibran The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. Kahlil Gibran The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. Kahlil Gibran What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters Kahlil Gibran When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life. Kahlil Gibran Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges Kahlil Gibran Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. Kahlil Gibran You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun. Kahlil Gibran
