Passionate love is a quenchless thirst.
KHALIL GIBRANPassionate love is a quenchless thirst.
KHALIL GIBRANYour living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
KHALIL GIBRANBeauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
KHALIL GIBRANYesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
KHALIL GIBRANEvery man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.
KHALIL GIBRANLove is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.
KHALIL GIBRANWhen I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.
KHALIL GIBRANIf you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.
KHALIL GIBRANThe truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.
KHALIL GIBRANLove that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
KHALIL GIBRANLet your best be for your friend.
KHALIL GIBRANMen who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.
KHALIL GIBRANWhen you have solved all the mysteries of life you long for death, for it is but another mystery of life.
KHALIL GIBRANTrust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
KHALIL GIBRANA man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
KHALIL GIBRANThe Mother is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness.
KHALIL GIBRAN