Silence Quotes by Khalil Gibran

The silence of the envious is too noisy.

— Khalil Gibran

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

— Khalil Gibran

I learnt silence from the talkative

— Khalil Gibran

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.

— Khalil Gibran

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.

— Khalil Gibran

Is not the beautiful moon, that inspires poets, the same moon which angers the silence of the sea with a terrible roar?

— Khalil Gibran

“Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:”

— Khalil Gibran

I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I…

— Khalil Gibran

Which of you would be silent - when all else sings together in unison?

— Khalil Gibran

The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.

— Khalil Gibran

For that which is boundless in you abides in the mansion of the sky, whose door is the morning mist, and whose…

— Khalil Gibran

Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through…

— Khalil Gibran

And before my Soul took me to task I was hard of hearing; I heard only tumult and uproar. But now I…

— Khalil Gibran

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then…

— Khalil Gibran

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of the…

— Khalil Gibran

Nature reaches out to us with welcoming arms, and bids us enjoy her beauty; but we dread her silence and rush into…

— Khalil Gibran

A look which reveals inward stress adds more beauty to the face, no matter how much tragedy and pain it bespeaks; but…

— Khalil Gibran

But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of…

— Khalil Gibran

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

— Khalil Gibran

There is no secret in the mystery of life stronger and more beautiful than that attachment which converts the silence of a…

— Khalil Gibran

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

For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is…

— Khalil Gibran

Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living…

— Khalil Gibran