It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding; and to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy greater than giving. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth. Khalil Gibran climbing ocean son My house says to me, "do not leave me, for here dwells your past." And the road says to me, "Come and follow me, for I am your future." And I say to both my house and the road, "I have no past, nor have I a future. If I stay here, there is a going in my staying; and if I go there is a staying in my going. Only love and death change all things." Khalil Gibran future love past Love is quivering happiness. Khalil Gibran love-is love You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. Khalil Gibran parenting giving children Know, therefore, that from the greater silence I shall return... Forget not that I shall come back to you... A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me. Khalil Gibran silence littles wind What the soul knows is often unknown to the man who has a soul. We are infinitely more than we think. Khalil Gibran inspirational men thinking He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. Khalil Gibran sorrow joy happiness For love is sufficient unto love. Khalil Gibran weddings-and-love age-love love-is Always you have been told that work is a curse and labor a misfortune. But I say to you that when you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. Khalil Gibran aging earth dream Remember that Divinity is the true self of Man. It cannot be sold for gold; neither can it be heaped up as are the riches of the world today. The rich man has cast off his Divinity, and has clung to his gold. And the young today have forsaken their Divinity and pursue self-indulgence and pleasure. Khalil Gibran gold self men ...unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will but lead some to greed and others to hunger. Khalil Gibran hunger greed justice He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans. Khalil Gibran wall path looks Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. Khalil Gibran land death people Marriage is like a temple resting on two pillars. If they come too close to each other the temple will collapse. Khalil Gibran pillars relationship two The wolves prey upon the lambs in the darkness of the night, but the blood stains remain upon the stones in the valley until the dawn comes, and the sun reveals the crime to all. Khalil Gibran darkness night blood You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. Yet you are not evil when you go thither limping. For those who limp go not backwards. But you who are strong and swift, see that you do not limp before the lame, deeming it kindness. Khalil Gibran strong evil kindness Each day look into your conscience and amend your faults; if you fail in this duty you will be untrue to the Knowledge and Reason that are within you. Keep a watchful eye over yourself as if you were your own enemy; for you cannot learn to govern yourself, unless you first learn to govern your own passions and obey the dictates of your conscience. Khalil Gibran passion discipline eye And some of your elders remember pleasures with regret like wrongs committed in drunkenness. But regret is the beclouding of the mind and not its chastisement. They should remember their pleasures with gratitude, as they would the harvest of a summer. Khalil Gibran gratitude regret summer Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. Khalil Gibran gazing faces beauty When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison? Khalil Gibran music stupid heart
