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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.

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

— Khalil Gibran

Knowledge

All Quotes by Khalil Gibran

“Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.”

— Khalil Gibran

Love

“Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.”

— Khalil Gibran

Knowledge

“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”

— Khalil Gibran

Knowledge

“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”

— Khalil Gibran

Nature

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

— Khalil Gibran

Knowledge

“If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.”

— Khalil Gibran

Religion

“Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.”

— Khalil Gibran

Beauty

“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

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

— Khalil Gibran

Dreams

“Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.”

— Khalil Gibran

Friendship

“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

Love

“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.”

— Khalil Gibran

Faith

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

— Khalil Gibran

Love

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

— Khalil Gibran

Death

“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

“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

“Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.”

— Khalil Gibran

Art

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

— Khalil Gibran

Love

“Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.”

— Khalil Gibran

Wisdom

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

— Khalil Gibran

Friendship