Life is indeed darkness save when there is urge, and all urge is blind save when there is knowledge, and all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love. – Kahlil Gibran
The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house as a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master. – Kahlil Gibran
That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an essential link in the complete chain of Man. – Kahlil Gibran
Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem. – Kahlil Gibran
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. – Kahlil Gibran
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. – Kahlil Gibran
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. – Kahlil Gibran
The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is. – Kahlil Gibran
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you? – Kahlil Gibran
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. – Kahlil Gibran
For this I bless you most: You give much and know not that you give at all. – Kahlil Gibran
The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her loveliness. – Kahlil Gibran
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. – Kahlil Gibran
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. – Kahlil Gibran
