You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran What is fear of need but need itself? Khalil Gibran needs Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness, for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. Khalil Gibran archerarrowschildren The longing for paradise is paradise itself. Khalil Gibran longingparadise Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless. Khalil Gibran depthselfsea For a love to grow through the test of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside. Khalil Gibran privacytestseveryday You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Khalil Gibran weddingwindmemories And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives. Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings; For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has the free hearted earth for mother, and God for father. Khalil Gibran gratitudemotherfather Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges? Khalil Gibran habitreasonmen The thirst of soul is sweeter than the wine of material things, and the fear of spirit is dearer than the security of the body. Khalil Gibran winesoulfear And if you would know God, be not therefore a solver of riddles. Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children. And look into space; you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain. You shall see Him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving His hands in trees. Khalil Gibran flowerrainchildren A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption. Khalil Gibran spiritualmayworld Philosophy's work is finding the shortest path between two points. Khalil Gibran pathphilosophytwo Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of the sweat of their brows or the blood of their hearts. Khalil Gibran hearthandsblood To love life through our labor is to be intimate with life's inmost secrets. Khalil Gibran love-lifesecretinspiring If you would behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. Khalil Gibran seaheartdeath Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits. Khalil Gibran meaninglesshabit Why dispute what we shall be, when we know not even what we are. Khalil Gibran disputesknows You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons. Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Khalil Gibran spirittimewatches Science and religion are in full accord, but science and faith are in complete discord. Khalil Gibran faithsciencereligion You cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty. Unbidden shall it call in the night, that men may wake and gaze upon themselves. Khalil Gibran heartmennight
