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 What is fear of need but need itself? Khalil Gibran needs Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness, for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. Khalil Gibran archer arrows children The longing for paradise is paradise itself. Khalil Gibran longing paradise Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless. Khalil Gibran depth self sea For a love to grow through the test of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside. Khalil Gibran privacy tests everyday You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Khalil Gibran wedding wind memories And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives. Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings; For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free hearted earth for mother, and God for father. Khalil Gibran gratitude mother father Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges? Khalil Gibran habit reason men The thirst of soul is sweeter than the wine of material things, and the fear of spirit is dearer than the security of the body. Khalil Gibran wine soul fear And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children. And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain. You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees. Khalil Gibran flower rain children A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption. Khalil Gibran spiritual may world Philosophy's work is finding the shortest path between two points. Khalil Gibran path philosophy two Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts. Khalil Gibran heart hands blood To love life through our labor is to be intimate with life's inmost secrets. Khalil Gibran love-life secret inspiring If you would 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. Khalil Gibran sea heart death Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits. Khalil Gibran meaningless habit Why dispute what we shall be, when we know not even what we are. Khalil Gibran disputes knows You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Khalil Gibran spirit time watches Science and religion are in full accord, but science and faith are in complete discord. Khalil Gibran faith science religion You cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty. Unbidden shall it call in the night, that men may wake and gaze upon themselves. Khalil Gibran heart men night
