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Famous Khalil Gibran Quotes
“Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?”
“The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.”
“Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?”
“A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free.”
“If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.”
“Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.”
“Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'”
“In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe to all men.”
“The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man”
“You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.”
“For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.”
“A truly religious man does not embrace a religion; and he who embraces one has no religion.”
“My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.”
“For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.”
“Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.”
“Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.”
“All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.”
“Perhaps a man may commit suicide in self-defense.”
“The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.”
“The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.”