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

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Choice Quotes, Poetry Quotes, Sorrow Quotes

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not...

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not...

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give...

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,...

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed...

There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed...

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.

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.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

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...

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...

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it...

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it...

Let your best be for your friend...

Let your best be for your friend...

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

Your friend is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

You have your ideology and I have mine.

Love is trembling happiness.

Love is trembling happiness.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in...

A grave is braced not just by a tombstone but by angels as well.

A grave is braced not just by a tombstone but by angels as well.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.