Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Life Quotes

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...

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...

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.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

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...

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...

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

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.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

That deed which in our guilt we today call weakness, will appear tomorrow as an...

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...

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in you seeds.

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but...

The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but...

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...

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.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with...

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with...

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

Love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he...

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while...

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while...