Inspiring Quotes by Kahlil Gibran - Page 2

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"Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love"

"Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls"

"Love is trembling happiness"

"Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms"

"Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow"

"Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation"

"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy"

"Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents"

"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself"

"Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?"

"When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?"

"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"

"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. 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"

"When we turn to one another for counsel, we reduce the number of our enemies"

"When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you"

"What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?"

"If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him, you will always remember"

"Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking"

"Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary"

"Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever"

"Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds"

"Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration"

"If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work"

"We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them"

"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth"

"What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you?"

"Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand"

"No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge"

"If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees"

"You have your ideology and I have mine"

"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be"

"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one"

"Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land, or a poet who is a stranger among his people"

"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes"

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls"

"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror"

"Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed"

"And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet, and the winds long to play with your hair"

"Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers"

"I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art"

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