Quotes By Khalil Gibran

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.

Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.