"All this I say that you may understand……" — Khalil
"All this I say that you may understand not only in the mind but rather in the spirit. The mind weighs and measures but it is the spirit that reaches the heart of life and embraces the secret; and the seed of the spirit is deathless."
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24 Quotes by Khalil
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I have met the soul walking upon my path.
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Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. And think not you can direct…
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I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath.
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The wind may blow and then cease, and the sea shall swell and then weary, but the heart of life…
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I go — as others already crucified have gone. And think not we are weary of crucifixion. For we must…
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I would not have thee believe in what I say nor trust in what I do — for my words…
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All that you see was and is for your sake. The numerous books, uncanny markings, and beautiful thoughts are the…
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Some find Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran’s poetry preachy and moralizing, but I find it plenty enlightening—it’s hard to object to…
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Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow…
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My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me that the lamp which I carry does not belong to me, and…
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The seasons shall tire and the years grow old, ere they exhaust these words: “Father forgive them, for they know…
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Power lies in reason, resolution, and truth. No matter how long the tyrant endures, he will be the loser at…
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