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 At ebb tide I wrote a line upon the sand, and gave it all my heart and all my soul. At flood tide I returned to read what I had inscribed and found my ignorance upon the shore. Khalil Gibran ignorance soul heart For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man. Khalil Gibran vision wings men You cannot laugh and be unkind at the same time Khalil Gibran unkind spiritual laughing I am a poet who composes what life proses, and who proses what life composes. Khalil Gibran prose poet life Let your best be for your friend. Khalil Gibran friends real friendship Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth. Khalil Gibran truth spirit worship There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me. The man who does not feel friendship towards himself is a public enemy, and he who finds no confidant within himself will die of despair. For life streams out of man's inner self and in no way from what surrounds him. Khalil Gibran self men enemy In the depth of my soul there is Khalil Gibran soul heart song You are a flower crushed beneath the feet of the animal that is concealed in a human being. Take comfort, in that you are the flower crushed and not the foot that has crushed it. Khalil Gibran flower feet animal Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. Khalil Gibran broken-heart joy motivational People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror. Khalil Gibran gazing mirrors people Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry. Khalil Gibran poetry life thinking We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians. Khalil Gibran sorrow creative son And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall live in my body, And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart, And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons. Khalil Gibran recovery crush gratitude Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility. Khalil Gibran retreat hardship adversity I had a second birth when my soul and my body loved one another and were married. Khalil Gibran married body soul In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe to all men. Khalil Gibran men To barter and lose is better than not to go forth. Khalil Gibran loses You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heath of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? Khalil Gibran eye heart death When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a man drunken say in your heart, "Mayhap he sought escape from something still more unbeautiful. Khalil Gibran compassion heart men
