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Inspirational Quotes by Khalil Gibran

76 Inspirational quotes by Khalil Gibran

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joy and sorrow are inseparable, reminding us that happiness and pain often sit side by side. He says love cleansed by tears stays pure, and that truth is stronger than both life and death. Freedom can become a new kind of bond when we let go of old limits and listen to the soul.

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The subtlest beauties in our life are unseen and unheard.

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

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Life is weaker than Death and Death is weaker than Truth.

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The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul.

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Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.

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If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

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Life is the mistress to be wooed.

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Rob a neighbour with a smile.

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He who is more mindful of one, loses the love and the faith of both.

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All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.

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God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.

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Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.

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I want every image to be the beginning of an unseen image.

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Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.

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Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.

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Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth.

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Said a skunk to a tube-rose, "See how swiftly I run, while you cannot walk nor even creep." Said the tube-rose to…

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joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the…

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He that tries to seize an opportunity after it has passed him by is like one who sees it approach but will…

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I would tell you more of Him, but how shall I? When love becomes vast love becomes wordless. And when memory is…

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They tell me: If you see a slave sleeping, do not wake him lest he be dreaming of freedom. I tell them:…

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“He who has not been bitten by the serpents of light and snapped at by the wolves of darkness will always be…

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If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to…

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He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor…

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

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Sorrow is too great to exist in small hearts.

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The longing for paradise is paradise itself.

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Give me an ear and I will give you a Voice...

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And is not time even as love is, undivided and paceless?

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Only love and death will change all things.

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All work is empty save when there is love.

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A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

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In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song.

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A root is a flower that disdains fame.

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He who denies his heritage, has no heritage

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To be closer to god, be closer to people.

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Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

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Even while the Earth sleeps we travel.

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Tortoises can tell you more about the road than hares.

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Art is a step in the known toward the unknown

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart…

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.

Hate is a dead thing. Who of you would be a tomb?

Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the…

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

The truly just is he who feels half guilty of your misdeeds.

“follow the steps trust them and yourself”

Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart…

I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.

“That which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space”

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your…

“The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it, And the clay that fills your ears shall be…

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

joy and sorrow are inseparable. . . together they come and when one sits alone with you . . remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.

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…