Men Quotes by Khalil Gibran

Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?

— Khalil Gibran

Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

— Khalil Gibran

Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'

— Khalil Gibran

Perhaps a man may commit suicide in self-defense.

— Khalil Gibran

The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man

— Khalil Gibran

Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?

— Khalil Gibran

My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

— Khalil Gibran

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

— Khalil Gibran

Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman…

— Khalil Gibran

He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a…

— Khalil Gibran

What the soul knows is often unknown to the man who has a soul. We are infinitely more than we think.

— Khalil Gibran

Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes…

— Khalil Gibran

Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man's life, and it is the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in…

— Khalil Gibran

You hate Jesus because someone from the North Country said He was the Son of God. But you hate one another because…

— Khalil Gibran

My proof convinces the ignorant, and the wise man's proof convinces me. But he whose reasoning falls between wisdom and ignorance, I…

— Khalil Gibran

Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen.

— Khalil Gibran

Whoever would be a teacher of men let him begin by teaching himself before teaching others; and let him teach by example…

— Khalil Gibran

Every beauty and greatness in this world is created by a single thought or emotion inside a man. Every thing we see…

— Khalil Gibran

I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach…

— Khalil Gibran

When God created Man, he gave him Music as a language different from all other languages. And early man sang his glory…

— Khalil Gibran

Happiness is a myth we seek, If manifested surely irks; Like river speeding to the plain, On its arrival slows and murks.…

— Khalil Gibran

God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle…

— Khalil Gibran

There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me. The man who…

— Khalil Gibran

The human heart cries out for help; the human soul implores us for deliverance; but we do not heed their cries, for…

— Khalil Gibran

I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting…

— Khalil Gibran

Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and…

— Khalil Gibran

Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his…

— Khalil Gibran

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should…

— Khalil Gibran

Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair,…

— Khalil Gibran

Like the ocean is your god-self; It remains for ever undefiled. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. Even like…

— Khalil Gibran

Each thing that exists remains forever, and that very existence of existence is proof of its eternity. But without that realization, which…

— Khalil Gibran

Youth is a beautiful dream, on whose brightness books shed a blinding dust. Will ever the day come when the wise link…

— Khalil Gibran

Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers.

— Khalil Gibran

A thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.

— Khalil Gibran

All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.

— Khalil Gibran

The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.

— Khalil Gibran

For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man.

— Khalil Gibran

In truth you owe naught to any man. You owe to all men.

— Khalil Gibran

Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion.

— Khalil Gibran

You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge.

— Khalil Gibran