Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.


Kahlil Gibran

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KAHLIL GIBRAN
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowle...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.
And though you se...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your j...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your h...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.
For what is evil but good tortured by its ...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveile...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the de...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the ...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
KAHLIL GIBRAN
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
In the sweetness of friendship; let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew o...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unki...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Every man loves two women;the one is the creation of his imagination and the other is not yet born.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatn...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of trib...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better tha...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Your friend is your needs answered.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.
KAHLIL GIBRAN
The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul linger...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
نحن نتكلم عندما توصد أمامنا أبواب السلام عن افكارنا ، و...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the peopl...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of li...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Let your best be for your friend...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Oh, heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower wit...
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Faith is confirmed by the heart, confessed by the tongue, and acted upon by the body
KAHLIL GIBRAN
Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to
KAHLIL GIBRAN