Only those beneath me can envy or hate me. I have never been envied nor hated; I am above no one. Only… — 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
My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me never to delight in praise or to be distressed by reproach. Before my Soul… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Now I realize that the trees blossom in Spring and bear fruit in Summer without seeking praise; and they drop their leaves… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
And before my Soul took me to task I was hard of hearing; I heard only tumult and uproar. But now I… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him. — 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
