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

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and...

Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers

Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is...

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

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

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then...

The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then...

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...

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.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens...

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens...

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...

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

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...

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.

Love is trembling happiness.

Love is trembling happiness.

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...

We don't need to fabricate anything because the truth will make you weep.

We don't need to fabricate anything because the truth will make you weep.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.