--- title: "22 Hands Quotes By Khalil Gibran" description: "22 Hands quotes by Khalil Gibran. Plus more from Khalil Gibran and more Hands sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/khalil-gibran-286_feet_and-only-the-sure-of-foot-can-give-a-han_1550680.jpg" --- > [And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/and-only-the-sure-of-foot-can-give-a-hand-to-him-who-stumbles/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/khalil-gibran-286_feet_and-only-the-sure-of-foot-can-give-a-han_1550680.jpg) > [Pity it is we drowse too soon Pity it is we fall asleep Ere our song encompass the height Ere our hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/pity-it-is-we-drowse-too-soon-pity-it-is-we-fall-asleep-ere-our-song/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/466/khalil-gibran-286_fall_pity-it-is-we-drowse-too-soon-pity-it-is_2246800.jpg) > [When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/when-a-man-s-hand-touches-the-hand-of-a-woman-they-both-touch-the/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/khalil-gibran-286_eternity_when-a-man-s-hand-touches-the-hand-of-a_1004621.jpg) > [The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/the-veil-that-clouds-your-eyes-shall-be-lifted-by-the-hands-that-wove-2/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/khalil-gibran-286_clouds_the-veil-that-clouds-your-eyes-shall-be_750825.jpg) > [Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping, For only the hand of God can contain your hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/give-your-hearts-but-not-into-each-other-s-keeping-for-only-the-hand/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/khalil-gibran-286_cypresses_give-your-hearts-but-not-into-each-other_1891827.jpg) > [God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/god-has-made-many-doors-opening-into-truth-which-he-opens-to-all-who/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/khalil-gibran-286_doors_god-has-made-many-doors-opening-into-tru_348691.jpg) > [It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/it-is-not-a-garment-i-cast-off-this-day-but-a-skin-that-i-tear-with/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/khalil-gibran-286_casts_it-is-not-a-garment-i-cast-off-this-day_820691.jpg) > [For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/for-the-breath-of-life-is-in-the-sunlight-and-the-hand-of-life-is-in/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/khalil-gibran-286_hands_for-the-breath-of-life-is-in-the-sunligh_2131118.jpg) > [Wailing and lamentation befit those who stand before the throne of life and depart without leaving in its hands a drop of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/wailing-and-lamentation-befit-those-who-stand-before-the-throne-of/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/khalil-gibran-286_blood_wailing-and-lamentation-befit-those-who_796192.jpg) > [Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/khalil-gibran-286_beauty_beauty-is-not-a-need-but-an-ecstasy-it-i_22390.jpg) > [Let your bending in the Archer's hand be for gladness, for even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/let-your-bending-in-the-archer-s-hand-be-for-gladness-for-even-as-he/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/khalil-gibran-286_archer_let-your-bending-in-the-archer-s-hand-be_348388.jpg) > [We who love Him beheld Him with these our eyes which He made to see; and we touched Him with these our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/we-who-love-him-beheld-him-with-these-our-eyes-which-he-made-to-see/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/khalil-gibran-286_eye_we-who-love-him-beheld-him-with-these-ou_88231.jpg) > [The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/the-most-wonderful-thing-mary-is-that-you-and-i-are-always-walking/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/khalil-gibran-286_beautiful_the-most-wonderful-thing-mary-is-that-yo_226620.jpg) > [I have pondered long, and I know now that only the pure of heart forgive the thirst that leads to dead waters.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/i-have-pondered-long-and-i-know-now-that-only-the-pure-of-heart/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e12/khalil-gibran-286_feet_i-have-pondered-long-and-i-know-now-that_2771507.jpg) > [Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/am-i-a-harp-that-the-hand-of-the-mighty-may-touch-me-or-a-flute-that/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/khalil-gibran-286_breaths_am-i-a-harp-that-the-hand-of-the-mighty_1488614.jpg) > [God has given you a spirit with wings on which to soar into the spacious firmament of Love and Freedom. Is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/god-has-given-you-a-spirit-with-wings-on-which-to-soar-into-the/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/khalil-gibran-286_cutting_god-has-given-you-a-spirit-with-wings-on_3063188.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) > [Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/much-of-your-pain-is-self-chosen-it-is-the-bitter-potion-by-which-the-2/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/khalil-gibran-286_bereavement_much-of-your-pain-is-self-chosen-it-is-t_2935295.jpg) > [There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/there-are-those-who-give-with-joy-and-that-joy-is-their-reward-and/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/khalil-gibran-286_baptism_there-are-those-who-give-with-joy-and-th_1245031.jpg) > [Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/behold-i-have-reached-the-peak-of-the-mountain-and-my-spirit-has/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/khalil-gibran-286_anthem_behold-i-have-reached-the-peak-of-the-mo_1558094.jpg) > [Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/miserable-is-the-man-who-loves-a-woman-and-takes-her-for-his-wife/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/893/khalil-gibran-286_another-man_miserable-is-the-man-who-loves-a-woman-a_1128943.jpg) > [God made the world with a heart full of love, Then He looked down from Heaven above, And saw that we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/god-made-the-world-with-a-heart-full-of-love-then-he-looked-down-from/) [Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/khalil-gibran-286_depends_god-made-the-world-with-a-heart-full-of_418131.jpg) ## Other authors on Hands ## 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/hands/khalil-gibran/#itemlist", "name": "22 Hands Quotes By Khalil Gibran", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Khalil Gibran" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/and-only-the-sure-of-foot-can-give-a-hand-to-him-who-stumbles/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/khalil-gibran-286_feet_and-only-the-sure-of-foot-can-give-a-han_1550680.jpg", "contentUrl": 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