Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, 'Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance.' For to the fruit giving is a need as receiving is a need to the root. Khalil Gibran rootsevilgiving He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth. Khalil Gibran kindredunderstandingbrother Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them. Khalil Gibran eyewisdomlife Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge. Khalil Gibran wisdominspirationalknowledge Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires. Khalil Gibran valentines-daydesireneeds When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. Khalil Gibran hikinggrievingfriendship Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy, you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your body and less of your raiment. Khalil Gibran clothesbodywind I sit between my brother the mountain and my sister the sea. We three are one in loneliness, and the love that binds us together is deep and strong and strange. Khalil Gibran lonelystrongbrother An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind. Khalil Gibran forgivenesseyeinspirational Your friend is your needs answered. Khalil Gibran real-friendsbest-friendfriendship He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving. Khalil Gibran songwindlove Even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also. Khalil Gibran wickedevilfall Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it. Khalil Gibran vinesrootsheart Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path. Khalil Gibran lotusessoulspiritual Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” “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 Khalil Gibran runninglovelife He who defines his conduct by ethics imprisons his song-bird in a cage. Khalil Gibran songphilosophyart Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? Khalil Gibran jaillandwisdom Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion. Khalil Gibran technologyphilosophyscience Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger. And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine. 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 crushangelchange When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God. Khalil Gibran my-heartlove-youheart
