Kahlil Gibran Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Kahlil Gibran quotes, Kahlil Gibran sayings, and Kahlil Gibran proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts. Kahlil Gibran
There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea. Kahlil Gibran
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. Kahlil Gibran
For to the bee a flower is the fountain of life, and to the flower a bee is the messenger of love. Kahlil Gibran
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Kahlil Gibran
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Kahlil Gibran
Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness. Kahlil Gibran
Hearts united in pain and sorrow will not be separated by joy and happiness. Bonds that are woven in sadness are stronger than the ties of joy and pleasure. Love that is washed by tears will remain eternally pure and faithful. Kahlil Gibran
Life is but a sleep disturbed by dreaming, prompted by the will; the saddened soul with sadness hides it's secrets, and the gay, with thrill. Kahlil Gibran
It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, a day to love someone...but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Kahlil Gibran
Would the valleys were your streets, and the green paths your alleys, that you might seek one another through vineyards, and come with the fragrance of the earth in your garments. Kahlil Gibran
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. Kahlil Gibran
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Kahlil Gibran
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. Kahlil Gibran
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran
One day you will ask me which is more important, my life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. Kahlil Gibran
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose. Kahlil Gibran
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. / Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; / For love is sufficient unto love. Kahlil Gibran
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Kahlil Gibran
Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers. Kahlil Gibran
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. Kahlil Gibran
Life is naked. A nude body is the truest and noblest symbol of life. If I draw a mountain as a heap of human forms and paint a waterfall in the shape of tumbling human bodies, it is because I see in the mountain a heap of living things, and in the waterfall a precipitate current of life. Kahlil Gibran
Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. Kahlil Gibran
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Kahlil Gibran
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. Kahlil Gibran
And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Kahlil Gibran
When you part from your friend; you grieve not. / For that which you love most in him will be clearer in is absence, / as to mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. Kahlil Gibran
Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. Kahlil Gibran