“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself” — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light. But it is night that raises them to the… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks.… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
And is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless? But if in you thought you must measure time into seasons,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Out of… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?' — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
“That which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space” — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
“The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it, And the clay that fills your ears shall be… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
Like the ocean is your god-self; It remains for ever undefiled. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. Even like the sun… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share
