Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Wisdom Quotes, Wise Quotes

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...

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of 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...

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me...

What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me...

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that...

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that...

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her...

The earth is like a beautiful bride who needs no manmade jewels to heighten her...

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

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?

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the...

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...

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...

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...

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than...

I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than...

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.

Love is trembling happiness.

Love is trembling happiness.

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

Everybody is just a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way.

Everybody is just a stranger, but that's the danger in going my own way.

I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter...

I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter...