Spiritual Quotes by Khalil Gibran

22 Spiritual quotes by Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran’s twenty‑two verses sing of love, destiny, and the soul’s yearning. His poetic cadence turns each line into a small meditation on the human condition.

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You cannot laugh and be unkind at the same time

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We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without.

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Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.

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The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad.

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Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

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Tell your secret to the wind, but don't blame it for telling the trees.

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My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.

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For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life’s procession that marches in…

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They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know…

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Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.

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A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.

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Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man's life, and it is the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in…

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When you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs…

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I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

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

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There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;…

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We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another, and no sunrise finds us where left…

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I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is…

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Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger…

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Youth is a beautiful dream, on whose brightness books shed a blinding dust. Will ever the day come when the wise link…

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Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman…

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Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.

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

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

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

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

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

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“follow the steps trust them and yourself”

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

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

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

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

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

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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 leave your…

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

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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…

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