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 To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy. Khalil Gibran weakest-link blame judging And alone and without his nest shall the Eagle fly across the sun. Khalil Gibran nests eagles sun Art is a step in the known toward the unknown Khalil Gibran art-is steps art For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory. Khalil Gibran cells gold honor The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor. Khalil Gibran barren critics giving Your thought describes laws, courts, judges, punishments. Mine explains that when man makes a law, he either violates it or obeys it. If there is a basic law, we are all one before it. He who disdains the mean is himself mean. He who vaunts his scorn of the sinful vaunts his disdain of all humanity. Khalil Gibran court-judges men mean A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes. Khalil Gibran truth-is known sometimes Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon. Khalil Gibran stronger self time And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night. Khalil Gibran angel men night Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity. Khalil Gibran return eternity earth You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life. Khalil Gibran secret heart death Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring. Khalil Gibran dream heart spring Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse. Khalil Gibran mirrors wisdom kindness To know the pain of too much tenderness Khalil Gibran valentines-day pain too-much Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight. Khalil Gibran eye sight thinking Make me, oh God, the prey of the Lion, ere you make the rabbit my prey Khalil Gibran lions god rabbits My God, my aim and my fulfillment; I am thy yesterday and thou are my tomorrow. I am they root in the earth and thou art my flower in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun. Khalil Gibran flower religious art The human heart cries out for help; the human soul implores us for deliverance; but we do not heed their cries, for we neither hear nor understand. But the man who hears and understands we call mad, and flee from him. Thus the nights pass, and we live in unawareness; and the days greet us and embrace us. But we live in constant dread of day and night. Khalil Gibran heart men night Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body's element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space. Khalil Gibran myrtle space heart I have passed the mountain peak and my soul is soaring in the firmament of Complete and unbounded freedom; I am in comfort, I am in peace. Khalil Gibran mountain-peaks remembrance funeral
