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

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?

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving...

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of...

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

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...

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...

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...

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the...

Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the...

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in...

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in...

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...

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice...

Hallow the body as a temple to comeliness and sanctify the heart as a sacrifice...

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger...

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger...

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a...

Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a...

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...

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...

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours...

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours...

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...