Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.” — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. — 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… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“But if you in your pain call birth an affliction and the support of the flesh a curse written upon your brow,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain....… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Doubt is a foundling unhappy and astray, and… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets,… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Much of your pain is self-chosen. It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. Therefore… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I… — 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… — 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 Image
If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
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 Image
Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, 'Who are you?' — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
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 Image
I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
