One may not reach the dawn save by path of night. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. Khalil Gibran dreamheartnight But memory is an autumn leaf that murmurs a while in the wind and then is heard no more. Khalil Gibran autumnwindmemories He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection. Khalil Gibran angelevillife Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation. I have gone far, far away, O children of my mother; the hills beyond the mists are now hidden from my view, the last traces of the valleys have been flooded by the ocean of serenity, and the paths and trails have been erased by the hand of oblivion. The roar of ocean waves has faded. I no longer hear anything but the anthem of eternity, which harmonizes with the spirit. Khalil Gibran oceanmotherchildren You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun. Khalil Gibran turnsshadowsun The silence of the envious is too noisy. Khalil Gibran noisyenvioussilence If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth. Khalil Gibran thronestruthmatter The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God. Khalil Gibran heartappreciationpeople Your reason and your passion are your rudder and sails of your seafaring soul, if either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Khalil Gibran flamespassionspiritual Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give. Khalil Gibran judgementmaygiving I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach to a dolt is like writing upon the water. Christ healed the blind, the halt, the palsied, and the leprous. But the fool He could not cure." Khalil Gibran learningwritingmen You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. Khalil Gibran prayerjoyneeds Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond. Khalil Gibran coaldefinitionsjewels Remembrance is a form of meeting. Khalil Gibran remembrancemeetingsform Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. Khalil Gibran gratitudeyogathank-you Defeat, my defeat, my deathless courage, You and I shall laugh together with the storm, And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us, and we shall stand in the sun with a will, And we shall be dangerous Khalil Gibran stormtogetherlaughing 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. Khalil Gibran lovesonreligion My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues. Khalil Gibran lonelinessspiritualmen The feelings we live through in love and in loneliness are simply, for us, what high tide and low tide are to the sea. Khalil Gibran lonelinessseafeelings For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered? Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountaintop,then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shal claim your limbs,then shall you truly dance. Khalil Gibran breathingriverswind
