Remembrance is a form of meeting. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral. Khalil Gibran funeralpassionsoul When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. Khalil Gibran numbersadviceenemy Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born Khalil Gibran wisdominspirationalmen You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet; you may even throw me into a dark prison; but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free! Khalil Gibran feetdarkthinking Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. Khalil Gibran wisdomspirituallife Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. Khalil Gibran inspirationallovelife There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. Khalil Gibran famous-inspirationalhappinessgiving 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 people's wrath. Khalil Gibran wrathinspirationalpeople The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. Khalil Gibran desireinspirationalmen Poetry, my dear friends, is a sacred incarnation of a smile. Poetry is a sigh that dries the tears. Poetry is a spirit who dwells in the soul, whose nourishment is the heart, whose wine is affection. Poetry that comes not in this form is a false messiah. Khalil Gibran winesoulheart Love that is cleansed by tears will remain eternally pure and beautiful. Khalil Gibran tearsbeautifulfriendship Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. Khalil Gibran real-friendspurposefriendship You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge. Khalil Gibran judgingmen The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun. Khalil Gibran lawbirdmen God created music as a common language for all men. It inspires the poets, the composers and the architects. It lures us to search our souls for the meaning of the mysteries described in ancient books. Khalil Gibran meninspirebook Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual. Khalil Gibran demandsoulspiritual Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. Khalil Gibran humilityinspirationallife Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how many boats you send to other shores or how many ships arrive upon your shores, you yourself are an island separated by its own pains, secluded in its happiness Khalil Gibran painislandspeace love one another, but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Khalil Gibran marriageseamoving Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand. Khalil Gibran second-chanceheartbeauty
