The quotations of

Kahlil Gibran

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter

1883–1931

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

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
The Prophet (1923)In context
- Love
No human relation gives one possession in another…every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship and in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.
- Friendship
- Love
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.
The Prophet (1923)In context
- Love
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul (1994)
- Love
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
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life’s heart.
The Prophet (1923), On LoveIn context
- Love
And is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless?
But if in your thought you must measure time into seasons, let each season encircle all the other seasons,
And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing.
The Prophet (1923), On TimeIn context
- Love
- Time

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