Khalil Gibran Quotes

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Khalil Gibran

Profession : Poet

Birth : January 6, 1883

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

Khalil Gibran

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.

Khalil Gibran

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

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.

Khalil Gibran

When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

Khalil 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.

Khalil Gibran

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

Khalil Gibran

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

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Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Khalil Gibran

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

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If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

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Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice to love; love recompenses the adorers.

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

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

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You have your ideology and I have mine.

Khalil Gibran