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Khalil Gibran

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Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and visual artist best known for *The Prophet*, a book of poetic essays that has been translated into over 100 languages. His lyrical reflections on love, marriage, work, and death blend Eastern mysticism with Western romanticism in a voice that is entirely his own.

“Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.”

— Khalil Gibran

Equality

All Quotes 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.”

— Khalil Gibran

Wisdom

“To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.”

— Khalil Gibran

Life

“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.”

— Khalil Gibran

Beauty

“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.”

— Khalil Gibran

Fear

“Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.”

— Khalil Gibran

Faith

“Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.”

— Khalil Gibran

Happiness

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

— Khalil Gibran

Love

“Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.”

— Khalil Gibran

Dreams

“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?”

— Khalil Gibran

Music

“Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.”

— Khalil Gibran

Faith

“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”

— Khalil Gibran

Knowledge

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

— Khalil Gibran

Love

“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.”

— Khalil Gibran

Poetry

“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.”

— Khalil Gibran

Love

“And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

— Khalil Gibran

Love

“Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.”

— Khalil Gibran

Death

“Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.”

— Khalil Gibran

Love

“Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.”

— Khalil Gibran

Beauty

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars.”

— Khalil Gibran

Strength

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”

— Khalil Gibran

Friendship