Kahlil Gibran quotes - page 5

You know not that the earth was given in marriage to the sun, and that earth it is who sends us forth to the mountain and the desert. There is a gulf that yawns between those who love Him and those who hate Him, between those who believe and those who do not believe. But when the years have bridged that gulf you shall know that He who lived in us is deathless, that He was the Son of God even as we are the children of God; that He was born of a virgin even as we are born of the husbandless earth. (Kahlil Gibran)
"My face and your faces shall not be masked; our hand shall hold neither sword nor sceptre, and our subjects shall love us in peace and shall not be in fear of us." Thus spoke Jesus, and unto all the kingdoms of the earth I was blinded, and unto all the cities of walls and towers; and it was in my heart to follow the Master to His kingdom. View quote
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Life without Liberty is like a body without spirit. Liberty without thought is like a disturbed spirit ... Life, liberty, and thought - three persons in one substance, eternal, never-ending, and unceasing. View quote
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My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear - a care-woven garment that protects me from thy questionings and thee from my negligence. The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable. I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do - for my words are naught but thy own thoughts in sound and my deeds thy own hopes in action. View quote
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Jesus loved me and I knew not why. And I loved Him because He quickened my spirit to heights beyond my stature, and to depths beyond my sounding. Love is a sacred mystery. To those who love, it remains forever wordless; But to those who do not love, it may be but a heartless jest. View quote
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My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me that the lamp which I carry does not belong to me, and the song that I sing was not generated from within me. Even if I walk with light, I am not the light; and if I am a taut-stringed lute, I am not the lute player. View quote
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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. View quote
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The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom. View quote
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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? View quote
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. View quote
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Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people. (Kahlil Gibran)
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper. View quote
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Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. View quote
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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? View quote
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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. View quote
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Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. View quote
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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. View quote
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You have your ideology and I have mine. View quote
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Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation. View quote
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Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them. View quote
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The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God. (Kahlil Gibran)
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies. View quote
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If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul. View quote
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What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt? View quote
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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. View quote
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