Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 14

• The philosopher's soul dwells in his head, the poet's soul is in his heart; the singer's soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

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  Heart, Dancer, Soul

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• The song of the voice is sweet, but the song of the heart is the pure voice of heaven.

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  Song, Sweet, Heart

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• When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong.

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  Strong, Determination, Way

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• Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling.

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  Tears, Genius, Irritated

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• If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth.

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  Truth, Matter, Thrones

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• Love descends upon our souls by the will of God and not by the demand or the plea of the individual.

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  Spiritual, Soul, Demand

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• Love that is cleansed by tears will remain eternally pure and beautiful.

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  Friendship, Beautiful, Tears

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• And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.

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  Together, Rejoice, Fragrance

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.40, Lulu.com

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• The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man

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  Angel, Men, Firsts

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• He who passes not his days in the realm of dreams is the slave of the days.

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  Dream, Fantasy, Slave

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• True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist, Nor can it be hidden where it truly does. Anonymous Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.

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  Love, Doe, Found

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• Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

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  Pain, Heart, Hard Times

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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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? Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountaintop,then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shal claim your limbs,then shall you truly dance.

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  Wind, Breathing, Rivers

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.128, Lulu.com

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• I learnt silence from the talkative

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  Silence, Talkative

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• Fear of the devil is one way of doubting God.

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  Fear, Evil, Doubt

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• Everyone has experienced that truth: that love, like a running brook, is disregarded, taken for granted; but when the brook freezes over, then people begin to remember how it was when it ran, and they want it to run again.

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  Love, Running, Taken

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• Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” “Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving

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  Love, Life, Running

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• I came here to be for all and with all, and what I do today in my solitude will be echoed tomorrow by the multitude. What I say now with one heart will be said tomorrow by thousands of hearts.

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  Heart, Solitude, Today

  Khalil Gibran, “A Poet's Voice XV”

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• Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself.

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  Beloved, Unlimited, Possession

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• The feelings we live through in love and in loneliness are simply, for us, what high tide and low tide are to the sea.

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  Loneliness, Sea, Feelings

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• Even as the holy and the righteous cannot rise beyond the highest which is in each one of you, so the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.

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  Fall, Evil, Wicked

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.66, Lulu.com

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• How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?

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  Beautiful, Dream, Sleep

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• 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.

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  Wings, Yield, May

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.22, Lulu.com

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• Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

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  Spiritual, Wisdom, Journey

  Khalil Gibran, “Self-Knowledge XVII”

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• Yesterday is ever jealous of...tomorrow.

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  Jealous, Yesterday, Judgement

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