Quotes by Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran
Libian painter and writer
Alive from: 1883-1931
Category: Artists | Writers (Contemporary)
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A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
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Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
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Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
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You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
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An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.
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And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.
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Beauty in not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
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Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
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Cast aside those who liken godliness to whimsy and who try to combine their greed for wealth with their desire for a happy afterlife.
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Crime is either another name of need or an aspect of a disease.
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Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.
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Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
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Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
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For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
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