--- title: "6 Fragments Quotes By Khalil Gibran" description: "6 Fragments quotes by Khalil Gibran. Plus more from Khalil Gibran and more Fragments sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/khalil-gibran-286_ache_who-can-depart-from-his-pain-and-alonene_792809.jpg" --- > [Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/who-can-depart-from-his-pain-and-aloneness-without-regret-too-many-2/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/khalil-gibran-286_ache_who-can-depart-from-his-pain-and-alonene_792809.jpg) > [All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/all-these-things-shall-love-do-unto-you-that-you-may-know-the-secrets/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/khalil-gibran-286_fragments_all-these-things-shall-love-do-unto-you_796969.jpg) > [A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/a-hermit-is-one-who-renounces-the-world-of-fragments-that-he-may/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/khalil-gibran-286_enjoy_a-hermit-is-one-who-renounces-the-world_822147.jpg) > [It was but yesterday I thought myself a fragment quivering without rhythm in the sphere of life. Now I know that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/it-was-but-yesterday-i-thought-myself-a-fragment-quivering-without/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/khalil-gibran-286_fragments_it-was-but-yesterday-i-thought-myself-a_1460609.jpg) > [Like sheaves of corn it gathers you unto itself. It threshes you to make you naked. It sifts you to free you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/like-sheaves-of-corn-it-gathers-you-unto-itself-it-threshes-you-to/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/khalil-gibran-286_bread_like-sheaves-of-corn-it-gathers-you-unto_1944921.jpg) > [Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/pity-the-nation-whose-statesman-is-a-fox-whose-philosopher-is-a/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/khalil-gibran-286_art_pity-the-nation-whose-statesman-is-a-fox_2127618.jpg) ## Other authors on Fragments ## More by Khalil Gibran > [Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/your-pain-is-the-breaking-of-the-shell-that-encloses-your/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/if-you-are-poor-shun-association-with-him-who-measures-men-with-the/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/hate-is-a-dead-thing-who-of-you-would-be-a-tomb/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/seek-ye-counsel-of-the-aged-for-their-eyes-have-looked-on-the-faces/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/only-once-have-i-been-made-mute-it-was-when-a-man-asked-me-who-are-you/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/the-truly-just-is-he-who-feels-half-guilty-of-your-misdeeds/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [“follow the steps trust them and yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/follow-the-steps-trust-them-and-yourself/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/beauty-is-not-a-need-but-an-ecstasy-it-is-not-a-mouth-thirsting-nor/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/i-have-never-agreed-with-my-other-self-wholly-the-truth-of-the-matter/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [“That which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/that-which-sings-and-contemplates-in-you-is-still-dwelling-within-the/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/you-pray-in-your-distress-and-in-your-need-would-that-you-might-also/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [“The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it, And the clay that fills your ears shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/the-veil-that-clouds-your-eyes-shall-be-lifted-by-the-hands-that-wove/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/work-is-love-made-visible-and-if-you-cannot-work-with-love-but-only/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) > [joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/joy-and-sorrow-are-inseparable-together-they-come-and-when-one-sits/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 the sun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/like-the-ocean-is-your-god-self-it-remains-for-ever-undefiled-and/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fragments/khalil-gibran/#itemlist", "name": "6 Fragments Quotes By Khalil Gibran", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It is not a garment I cast off this day, bit a skin that I tear with my own hands... 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