Khalil Gibran

Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet the timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness, And knows that ‘yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.

Khalil Gibran

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.

Khalil Gibran

Our pain carves out a larger space for love to fill.

Khalil Gibran

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

Khalil Gibran

Perhaps a man may commit suicide in self-defense.

Khalil Gibran

Philosophy began when man ate the produce of the earth and suffered indigestion.

Khalil Gibran

Poetry is not the opinion stated. It is a song that appears instead of a bloody wound or a smiling mouth.

Khalil Gibran

Poverty hides itself in thought before it surrenders to purses.

Khalil Gibran

Science and religion are in full accord, but science and faith are in complete discord.

Khalil Gibran

Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Khalil Gibran