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Famous Khalil Gibran Quotes
“Sorrow is too great to exist in small hearts.”
“We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians.”
“The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.”
“He is short-sighted who looks only on the path he treads and the wall on which he leans.”
“It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.”
“Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born”
“God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.”
“In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.”
“You shall be held down by the chains of your own judgment.”
“A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.”
“And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds?”
“The saint and the sinner are twin brothers...one was born but the moment before the other.”
“Rob a neighbour with a smile.”
“Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.”
“When we oppose the hidden conscience, it does us hurt. When we betray it, it judges us.”
“The shepherd will deny the diseased lamb in fear of the flock.”
“What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?”
“Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?”
“You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh.”
“When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.”
“Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth.”
“He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.”
“Conscience is a just but weak judge. Weakness leaves it powerless to execute its judgment.”
“When you are sorrowful, look again.”
“Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.”