I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Madness Quotes, Safety Quotes

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours....

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice

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.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing...

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing...

Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms Without the aid of the seasons.

Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms Without the aid of the seasons.

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...

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

Let your best be for your friend...

Let your best be for your friend...

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only...

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...

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how...

Your life is an island separated from all other islands and continents. Regardless of how...

I am ungrateful to these teachers.

I am ungrateful to these teachers.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and...

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and...

When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into...

When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into...