One may not reach the dawn save by the path of the night. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran That deepest thing, that recognition, that knowledge, that sense of kinship began the first time I saw you,and it is the same now - only a thousand times deeper and tenderer. I shall love you to eternity. I loved you long before we met in this flesh. I knew that when I first saw you. It was destiny. We are together like this and nothing can shake us apart. Khalil Gibran destinylove-youlong The mother is everything - she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness. He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly Khalil Gibran sorrowsoulmother Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. Khalil Gibran starstruthbeautiful Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery. Khalil Gibran family-lovevalentines-daybeing-alone Love is timeless.... Khalil Gibran doelove-issympathy Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart. Khalil Gibran hellpassionheart Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted. Khalil Gibran soulhearthands Marriage is the union of two divinities that a third might be born on earth. It is the union of two souls in a strong love for the abolishment of separateness. It is that higher unity which fuses the separate unities within the two spirits. It is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance, and whose ending is Eternity. It is the pure rain that falls from an unblemished sky to fructify and bless the fields of divine Nature. Khalil Gibran weddingstrongfall You may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept. Khalil Gibran emotionspiritualmay I deserted the world and sought solitude because I became tired of rendering courtesy to those multitudes who believe that humility is a sort of weakness, and mercy a kind of cowardice, and snobbery a form of strength. Khalil Gibran tiredhumilitybelieve Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife. Khalil Gibran musicsecretspiritual Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words. Khalil Gibran words-of-wisdomwisdom Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. Khalil Gibran beautyinspirationallove In the depths of your hopes and desires, lies your silent knowledge of the beyond, and like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. Khalil Gibran spiritualdreamdeath Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you. Khalil Gibran fever-seriessorrowjoy Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful. Khalil Gibran painspiritualheart Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men. Khalil Gibran prayerheartsong It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I am the sphere, and all life in rhythmic fragments moves within me. Khalil Gibran spheresyesterdaymoving Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. Khalil Gibran natureskywriting If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more,we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should meet in another dream we shall build another tower in the sky. Khalil Gibran dreamsongmemories
