Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
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 GIBRANWisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.
KHALIL GIBRANPrayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.
KHALIL GIBRANWe are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.
KHALIL GIBRANHell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.
KHALIL GIBRANWhen you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
KHALIL GIBRANEvery man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.
KHALIL GIBRANObserve the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.
KHALIL GIBRANYou may forget with whom you laughed, but you will never forget with whom you wept.
KHALIL GIBRANWhen you love you should not think you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
KHALIL GIBRANA thief is a man in need. A liar is a man in fear.
KHALIL GIBRANHow beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.
KHALIL GIBRANOne day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
KHALIL GIBRANDo not keep crying when your love has been gone. You only need Smile because he had been given you the opportunity to meet someone who is better.
KHALIL GIBRANMuch of your pain is self-chosen.
KHALIL GIBRANWhen I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.
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