The quotations of

Kahlil Gibran

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter

1883–1931

37 quotes, most often on Love, Time and God.

When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.
Sand and Foam (1926)
- Philosophy
Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.” For the soul walks upon all paths.
The Prophet (1923)In context
- Wisdom
The mind weighs and measures but it is the spirit that reaches the heart of life and embraces the secret; and the seed of the spirit is deathless.
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
- Thinking
A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.
Sand and Foam (1926)
- Humor
I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath.
The Madman (1918), Faces
I have existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
“Song of Man”, A Tear and a Smile (1914); tr. Juan Cole in The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
- Life & Death
- Time
You are your own forerunner, and the towers you have builded are but the foundation of your giant-self. And that self too shall be a foundation.
The Forerunner (1920)
- Motivation & Goals
Your thought advocates Judaism, Brahmanism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. In my thought there is only one universal religion, whose varied paths are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being.
Your Thought and Mine
- God
- Religion
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.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
The Prophet (1923), On LoveIn context
- Love
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
The Prophet (1923), On LoveIn context
- Love
When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.”
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
The Prophet (1923), On LoveIn context
- God
- Love
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
The Prophet (1923), On GivingIn context
- Charity
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
The Prophet (1923), On Joy and SorrowIn context
- Emotion
- Happiness
For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.
The Prophet (1923), On Reason and PassionIn context
- Emotion
- Thinking
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
The Prophet (1923), On PainIn context
- Knowledge

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