Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Kahlil Gibran Quotes

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with...

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.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on...

Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on...

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that...

Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that...

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor...

Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor...

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body,...

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...

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of...

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds...

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds...

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...

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at...

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old...

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of...

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

Travel deep inside yourself without the baggage of conditioning. Be an explorer, have patience and...

Travel deep inside yourself without the baggage of conditioning. Be an explorer, have patience and...

Sometimes we tend to be in despair when the person we love leaves us, but...

Sometimes we tend to be in despair when the person we love leaves us, but...

Another love gone wrong, another heart to shatter, welcome to reality, where feelings don't matter.

Another love gone wrong, another heart to shatter, welcome to reality, where feelings don't matter.