All Kahlil Gibran Quotes
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
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If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
Kahlil Gibran in
Religion
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Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.
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Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
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Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
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Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
Kahlil Gibran in
Faith
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March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
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Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
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You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
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If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
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If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
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