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Once I, deemed myself a poet. But when I stood before him in Bethany I knew what is was to hold an instrument with but a single string before one who commands all instruments


Kahlil Gibran

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For what is evil but good tortured by its ...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveile...
KAHLIL GIBRAN And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the de...
KAHLIL GIBRAN It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
KAHLIL GIBRAN In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-...
KAHLIL GIBRAN The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the ...
KAHLIL GIBRAN The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
KAHLIL GIBRAN It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
KAHLIL GIBRAN In the sweetness of friendship; let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew o...
KAHLIL GIBRAN If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
KAHLIL GIBRAN I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unki...
KAHLIL GIBRAN God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatn...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of trib...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better tha...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Your friend is your needs answered.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
KAHLIL GIBRAN In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
KAHLIL GIBRAN We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.
KAHLIL GIBRAN Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.
KAHLIL GIBRAN The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul linger...
KAHLIL GIBRAN نحن نتكلم عندما توصد أمامنا أبواب السلام عن افكارنا ، و...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the peopl...
KAHLIL GIBRAN In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of li...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Let your best be for your friend...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower wit...
KAHLIL GIBRAN Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body
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