A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.
KHALIL GIBRANA woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we can understand only by love, and touch only by virtue.
KHALIL GIBRANMother: the most beautiful word on the lips of mankind.
KHALIL GIBRANTrust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
KHALIL GIBRANBetween what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.
KHALIL GIBRANYou may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
KHALIL GIBRANThe best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.
KHALIL GIBRANYour pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
KHALIL GIBRANHow often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream.
KHALIL GIBRANOut of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
KHALIL GIBRANPerhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
KHALIL GIBRANDesire is half of life, indifference is half of death.
KHALIL GIBRANOur anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.
KHALIL GIBRANGenerosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
KHALIL GIBRANKeep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
KHALIL GIBRANTruth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night.
KHALIL GIBRANMarriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.
KHALIL GIBRAN