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Love Quotes by Kahlil Gibran

39 Love quotes by Kahlil Gibran

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It is to build a house with affection, says Kahlil Gibran, showing love can be a home we create together. He writes that love can lift us like a crown and also cut us like a thorn, and that it crosses all religions and thoughts. His verses treat love as both gentle and fierce.

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“Here love begins to render the prose of Life into hymns and canticles of praise”

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“Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;”

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“Substantial things deaden a man without suffering; love awakens him with enlivening pains. ”

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“For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.”

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“It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.”

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“And God said “Love Your Enemy,” and I obeyed him and loved myself.”

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“The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude.”

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“Only love and death, are capable of changing everything.”

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Marriage is the golden ring in a chain whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is Eternity.

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“For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for…

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Love is blind deaf dumb and stupid. If I ever find that little turd I'm gonna kill cupid once and for all.

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“Deep is your longing for the land of your memories and the dwelling-place of your greater desires; and our love would not…

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“It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit, and to know that all blessed dead…

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“Man’s needs change, but not his love, nor his desire that his love should satisfy his needs.”

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“You are my brother and I love you. I love you worshipping in your church, kneeling in your temple, and praying in…

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“Jesus loved me and I knew not why. And I loved him because He quickened my spirit to heights beyond my stature,…

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The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life…

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When you work you fulfill a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. And in keeping…

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We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings…

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“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but…

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But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook…

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

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“You were born together, and together you shall be for evermore...But let there be spaces in your togetherness...Love one another, but make…

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“When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his…

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“Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if to love and must needs have desires, let these be your…

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“When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to…

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“When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And When his wings enfold you yield to…

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“My friend, I am not what I seem. Seeming is but a garment I wear-a care-woven garment that protects me from thy…

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“Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is…

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“When love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to…

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“Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not…

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“Yesterday I stood at the temple door interrogating the passersby about the mystery and merit of Love. And before me passed an…

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“You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit…

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“You need not fear, my love, for never have the stars on high told what they know.”

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“You may give them your love, but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but…

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“You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but…

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

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“A young woman stepped forward from the throng and asked, "0' great prophet, tell us how we might find love that is…

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“You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth. For to be idle is to…

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“It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.”

“The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and…

We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his…

“Oftentimes we call Life bitter names, but only when we ourselves are bitter and dark. And we deem her empty and unprofitable, but only…

“And what is fear of need but need itself?”

“For God opens the doors of truth to him who knocks with the hand of faith”

Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too…

“You are my brother and I love you. I love you worshipping in your church, kneeling in your temple, and praying in your mosque.…

“You need not fear, my love, for never have the stars on high told what they know.”

“The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.”

“For if you should enter the temple for no other purpose than asking you shall not receive:”

“For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.”

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup…

“You are good when you are fully awake in your speech.”