Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 26

• Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

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  Kings, Fear, Hands

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.126, Lulu.com

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• You, the strong, have I loved, though the marks of your iron hoofs are yet upon my flesh.

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  Strong, Iron, Judgement

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

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• Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive on my body's element they will Breathe the fragrance of my heart into space.

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  Heart, Space, Myrtle

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

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• It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body

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  Mind, Body, Slavery

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• A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.

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  Wings, Poetry, Bird

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• Love is the veil between lover and lover.

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  Love, Marriage, Alaska

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

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• Like the ocean is your god-self; It remains for ever undefiled. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. Even like the sun is your god-self; It knows not the ways of the mole nor seeks it the holes of the serpent. But your god-self does not dwell alone in your being. Much in you is still man, and much in you is not yet man, But a shapeless pigmy that walks asleep in the mist searching for its own awakening.

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  Ocean, Humility, Men

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.64, Lulu.com

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• Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow.

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  Sad, Spiritual, Strong

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

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• What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless?

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  Judgement, Skins, Naked

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

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• For the first time the sun kissed my own naked face and my soul was inflamed with love for the sun, and I wanted my masks no more. And as if in a trance I cried, "Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks." Thus I became a madman.

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  Blessed, Soul, Thieves

  Khalil Gibran (1918). “The Madman”, p.1, Library of Alexandria

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• Seven times have I despised my soul: The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.

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  Soul, Foam, Faces

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

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• Have you not heard of the man who was digging in the earth for roots and found a treasure?

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  Men, Roots, Digging

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

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

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  Survival, Would Be, Beloved

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• Why dispute what we shall be, when we know not even what we are.

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  Disputes, Knows

  Khalil Gibran (1918). “The Madman”, p.13, Library of Alexandria

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• If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a man loses his wealth, after a little thought he will realize that the delight that came from wealth will be restored by finding more. Thus he forgets his loss and is consoled. But if a man's heart is deprived of peace, where will he find it again, how will he replace it?

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  Heart, Loss, Men

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• The power to Love is God's greatest gift to man, For it never will be taken from the Blessed one who loves.

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  Love, Blessed, Taken

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• The "I" in me, my friend, dwells in the house of silence, and therein it shall remain for ever more, unperceived, unapproachable.

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  Silence, House, Negligence

  Khalil Gibran (1918). “The Madman”, p.3, Library of Alexandria

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• We fear death, yet we long for slumber and beautiful dreams.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Death

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• The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

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  Grief, Ignorant, Might

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• For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

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  Roots, Growth, Crowns

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

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• Humanity is a river of light running from the ex-eternity to eternity.

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  Running, Rivers, Light

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

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• He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.

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  Truth, Men, Evil

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• And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.

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  Grief, Heart, Winter

  Khalil Gibran, “On Pain”

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• Make me, oh God, the prey of the Lion, ere you make the rabbit my prey

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  God, Rabbits, Lions

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

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• For the criminal who is weak and poor the narrow cell of death awaits; but honor and glory await the rich who conceal their crimes behind their gold and silver and inherited glory.

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  Cells, Honor, Gold

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