Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The power to Love is God's greatest gift to man, For it never will be taken from the Blessed one who loves. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Man is like the foam of the sea, that floats upon the surface of the water. When the wind blows, it vanishes,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The soul is an embryo in the body of Man, and the day of death is the Day of awakening, for it… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
God has placed in each soul an apostle to lead us upon the illumined path. Yet many seek life from without, unaware… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
You cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty. Unbidden shall it call in the… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Remember that Divinity is the true self of Man. It cannot be sold for gold; neither can it be heaped up as… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
God created music as a common language for all men. It inspires the poets, the composers and the architects. It lures us… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. The teacher… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Reason is not like the goods sold in the market places--the more plentiful they are, the less they are worth. Reason's worth… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Your thought describes laws, courts, judges, punishments. Mine explains that when man makes a law, he either violates it or obeys it.… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
He was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. In my dreams I beheld the kings of the earth standing… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know… — 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
