Kahlil Gibran Quotes

[tracyull]

i love alot of these. they are great!

[donaldbracy]

"Beauty is life when life unveils her holy face. But you are life and you are the veil. Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity and you are the mirror".
Once i wrote an essay on kahlil gibran at college. I used this quote in my essay too...

[hillwalker]

Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

They come through you but not from you,

And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts.

For they have their own thoughts.

You may house their bodies but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;

For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.

My personal favourite of many.

If only all parents were given this advice before conceiving their offspring life might be more rewarding.

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[cafolini]

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
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Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

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[KCurtis]

I just picked up my copy of "The Prophet" where it was sitting on my bookshelf untouched for years. It was moldy, and the pages are brittle. I opened it and was reminded how much I love it, and the one on marriage was read at my wedding 29 years ago. I guess I listened to that read, as I am still married!
I will dust off this precious book and try to read it more.