Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that guards the eye.

Quote by Kahlil Gibran

Topics: Comfort Quotes, Houses Quotes

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me,...

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me,...

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human...

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human...

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...

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in...

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.

When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a...

When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a...

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...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

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

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

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...

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good...

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good...

All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.

All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work.