Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. Khalil Gibran More Quotes by Khalil Gibran More Quotes From Khalil Gibran Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Khalil Gibran spiritual inspirational life Much of your pain is self-chosen. Khalil Gibran adversity pain self The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him. Khalil Gibran wisdom praise men Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking. Khalil Gibran philosophical uplifting faith Listen to the women when she looks at you, not when she talks to you. Khalil Gibran looks Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him. Khalil Gibran seeking struggle men There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine. Khalil Gibran soul men philosophy Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent. Khalil Gibran compassion spiritual moving I love you, my brother, whoever you are - whether you worship in a church, kneel in your temple, or pray in your mosque. You and I are children of one faith, for the diverse paths of religion are fingers of the loving hand of the one supreme being, a hand extended to all, offering completeness of spirit to all, eager to receive all. Khalil Gibran brother love-you children Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course. Khalil Gibran marriage nature love A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? Khalil Gibran real-friends best-friend friendship If I accept the sunshine and warmth, then I must also accept the thunder and lightning. Khalil Gibran lightning sunshine inspirational You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done. Khalil Gibran reaching progress done You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Khalil Gibran kindness motivational inspirational When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness. Khalil Gibran fruit pain fields All things in this creation exist within you and all things in you exist in creation; there is no border between you and the closest things, and there is no distance between you and the farthest things, and all things, from the lowest to the loftiest, from the smallest to the greatest, are within you as equal things. Khalil Gibran creation distance borders Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain. Khalil Gibran depression running life If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember. Khalil Gibran wisdom may inspirational Give and Take... Khalil Gibran nature love life Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his skin and the blood of his body and the life of his heart, and placing her in the hands of the fruit of his toil and the revenue of his diligence; for when he slowly wakes up, he finds that the heart that he endeavored to buy is given away freely and in sincerity to another man for the enjoyment of its hidden secrets and deepest love. Khalil Gibran heart men blood