By : Khalil Gibran 0 Likes
Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking.
By : Khalil Gibran
What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
By : Khalil Gibran
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
By : Khalil Gibran
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
By : Khalil Gibran
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
By : Khalil Gibran
Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.
By : Khalil Gibran
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
By : Khalil Gibran
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.
By : Khalil Gibran
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
By : Khalil Gibran