The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit. Khalil Gibran 4th-of-julyfreedomattitude We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without. Khalil Gibran deep-thoughtcellsspiritual When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Khalil Gibran marriagelovelife Tears have cleansed my eyes, and errors have taught me the language of the hearts. Khalil Gibran errorseyeheart Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares. Khalil Gibran tortoisesharesspeed A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. Khalil Gibran motivationalinspirationallife Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light. Khalil Gibran lightselfmen And if there come the singers, and the dancers and the flute players - buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and fod for your soul. Khalil Gibran dancerplayerdream In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans; in one aspect of You are found all the aspects of existence. Khalil Gibran oceansecretwater To belittle, you have to be little. Khalil Gibran spiritualkindnesskids Work is love made visible. Khalil Gibran inspirational-lifeworkinspiring joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Khalil Gibran sadnessinspirationallife You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link. This is but half the truth. You are also as strong as your strongest link. To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of ocean by the frailty of its foam. To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy. Khalil Gibran oceanstrongspiritual I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves. Khalil Gibran mountain-peaksspiritualbelieve Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes. Khalil Gibran visionwisdomart When you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life. Khalil Gibran mystery-of-lifemysterylong I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart for the joys of the multitude. And I would not have the tears that sadness makes to flow from my every part turn into laughter. I would that my life remain a tear and a smile. Khalil Gibran laughtersadnessheart And now you ask in your heart, ‘How shall we distinguish that which is good in pleasure from that which is not good?’ Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, But it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee. For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life, And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love, And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy. * People of Orphalese, be in your pleasures like the flowers and the bees. Khalil Gibran gardenflowerheart Beauty is that which attracts your soul, and that which loves to give and not to receive. Khalil Gibran your-soulsoulgiving Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason." And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, - then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion. Khalil Gibran passionheartmoving
