“The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
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Famous Khalil Gibran Quotes
“Your friend is your needs answered.”
Source: The Prophet - Der Prophet
“The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.”
“The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.”
“Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.”
“When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.”
“Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.”
“If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.”
“Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.”
“What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?”
Source: The Prophet - Der Prophet
Source: The Prophet - Der Prophet
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Reason without learning is like the untilled soil, or like the human body that lacks nourishment.”
“He who listens to truth is not less than he who utters truth.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“Death changes nothing but the mask that covers our faces.”
Source: Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran
“Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?”
“If winter should say, 'Spring is in my heart,' who would believe winter?”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“He who loses his mother loses a pure soul who blesses and guards him constantly.”
“A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free.”
“Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“Who can separate his faith from his actions, or his belief from his occupations?”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.”
“It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“You work that you may keep peace with the earth and the soul of the earth.”
“Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east.”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“This for God and this for myself; This for my soul, and this other for my body?”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Humanity is a river of light running from the ex-eternity to eternity.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“The most solid stone in the structure is the lowest one in the foundation.”