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 For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind. Khalil Gibran life-is wind hands Enthusiasm is a volcano on whose top never grows the grass of hesitation. Khalil Gibran volcanoes enthusiasm grass Love is the veil between lover and lover. Khalil Gibran alaska marriage love The highest virtue here may be least in another world. Khalil Gibran perspective may world Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel. Khalil Gibran butterfly dark life For the sight of the angry weather saddens my soul and the sight of the town, sitting like a bereaved mother beneath layers of ice, oppresses my heart. Khalil Gibran mother sight heart For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness. Khalil Gibran giver witness giving Extreme torture is mute, and so we sat silent, petrified, like columns of marble buried under the sand of an earthquake. Neither wished to listen to the other because our heart-threads had become weak and even breathing would have broken them. Khalil Gibran breathing heart earthquakes When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us. Khalil Gibran judgement judging hurt The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. Khalil Gibran success inspirational life My friend, be not like him who sits by his fireside and watches the fire go out, then blows vainly upon the dead ashes. Do not give up hope or yield to despair because of that which is past, for to bewail the irretrievable is the worst of human frailties. Khalil Gibran giving-up acceptance blow A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success. Khalil Gibran failure shy inspirational Yea, death and prison we mete out To small offenders of the laws, While honor, wealth, and full respect On greater pirates we bestow. To steal a flower we call mean. To rob a field is chivalry; Who kills the body he must die, Who kills the spirit he goes free. Khalil Gibran respect flower mean Your body is the harp of the soul. Khalil Gibran harps body soul Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour. Khalil Gibran kings fear hands Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve. Khalil Gibran insults-you self-esteem praise Your body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds. Khalil Gibran confused soul sweet For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Khalil Gibran hunger-and-thirst spiritual evil My Lebanon is a flock of birds fluttering in the early morning as shepherds lead their sheep into the meadow & rising in the evening as farmers return from their fields and vineyards.You have your Lebanon and its people. I have my Lebanon and its people. Khalil Gibran sheep morning people Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide. Khalil Gibran wisdom suicide fun
