Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran More Quotes by Kahlil Gibran More Quotes From Kahlil Gibran He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. Kahlil Gibran I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end. Kahlil Gibran I learnt silence from the talkative Kahlil Gibran I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit. Kahlil Gibran I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires. Kahlil Gibran If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved. Kahlil Gibran In battling evil, excess is good for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath. Kahlil Gibran In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song. Kahlil Gibran It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding. Kahlil Gibran It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations. Kahlil Gibran Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds. Kahlil Gibran Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms. Kahlil Gibran Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Kahlil Gibran Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. Kahlil Gibran Love is know the pain of too much tenderness. Kahlil Gibran No lower can a man descend than to interpret his dreams into gold and silver. Kahlil Gibran Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever. Kahlil Gibran Oh, heart, I the ignorant say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower perishes, but the seeds remain. This is the law of God. Kahlil Gibran Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. Kahlil Gibran Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. Kahlil Gibran
