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 Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding? Khalil Gibran understanding inspirational men When love beckons to you, follow him, Khalil Gibran hard-times hippie life I want every image to be the beginning of an unseen image. Khalil Gibran unseen want All these things shall love do unto you Khalil Gibran secret heart life Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me? A seeker of silences am I, and what treasure have I found in silences that I may dispense with confidence? Khalil Gibran silence listening hands You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. Khalil Gibran parenting yesterday children That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man. Khalil Gibran weakness guilt men He who passes not his days in the realm of dreams is the slave of the days. Khalil Gibran slave fantasy dream Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Doubt is a foundling unhappy and astray, and though his own mother who gave him birth should find him and enfold him, he would withdraw in caution and in fear. Khalil Gibran lonely brother mother You hate Jesus because someone from the North Country said He was the Son of God. But you hate one another because each of you deems himself too great to be the brother of the next man. Khalil Gibran brother country jesus Even while the Earth sleeps we travel. Khalil Gibran ripeness earth sleep The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know... Khalil Gibran leader uplifting healing All work is empty save when there is love. Khalil Gibran success motivational love Perhaps a man may commit suicide in self-defense. Khalil Gibran suicidal suicide men The biggest thing in today's sorrow is the memory of yesterday's joy. Khalil Gibran regret memories moving The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad. Khalil Gibran spirituality spiritual A minute moving among the patterns of beauty and the dreams of love is greater and more precious than an age filled with splendor granted by the weak to the strong. Khalil Gibran strong dream moving And is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless? Khalil Gibran undivided-love love-is life The love of a parent for a child is the love that should grow towards separation. Khalil Gibran separation parenting children And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief. Khalil Gibran grief heart winter
