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.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Art Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Poets Quotes

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long...

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long...

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask...

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the...

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in...

I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in...

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has...

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has...

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he...

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by...

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

When you work, you fulfill a part of Earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

When you work, you fulfill a part of Earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when...

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals...

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals...

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you...

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...

Sorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness,...