Quotes by Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

Libian painter and writer

Lived from: 1883 - 1931

Category: Artists | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 6 january 1883 Died: 10 april 1931

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  • Say not, ''I have found the truth,'' but rather, ''I have found a truth.
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  • Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.
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  • Should we all confess our sins to one another we would all laugh at one another for our lack of originality.
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  • Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
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  • The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements, compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love.
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  • The great man has two hearts - one bleeds, the second one endures.
    Sand and Foam (1926)
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  • The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.
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  • The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house as a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
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  • The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.
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  • The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.
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  • The teacher gives not of his wisdom, but rather of his faith and lovingness.
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  • To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.
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  • Turtles can tell more about the roads than hares.
    Sand and Foam: A Book of Aphorisms
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  • Verily the kindness that gazes upon itself in a mirror turns to stone, and a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse.
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  • We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.
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  • What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?
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  • What do the nationalists say about killers punishing murderers and thieves sentencing looters?
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  • When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
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  • When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
    De Profeet (1923) p. 29
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  • Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
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