324 Quotes by Kahlil Gibran

I am a stranger in this world, and there is a severe solitude and painful lonesomeness in my exile.

Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape.These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling.And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light.And thus your freedom when it loses its fetters becomes itself the fetter of a greater freedom.

Call me not wise unless you call all men wise. A young fruit am I, still clinging to the branch and it was only yesterday that I was a blossom. And call none among you foolish for we are neither wise nor foolish. We are green leaves upon the tree of life and surely life itself if beyond wisdom and surely beyond foolishness.

When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him,Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.

നിങ്ങളുടെ പല്ലുകള്‍ കൊണ്ട് നിങ്ങള്‍ ഒരു ആപ്പിള്‍ ചതയ്ക്കുമ്പോള്‍ നിങ്ങളുടെ ഹൃദയത്തില്‍ അതിനോട് പറയുക :'നിന്റെ വിത്തുകള്‍ എന്റെ ശരീരത്തില്‍ വളരും ''നിന്റെ നാളെയുടെ മൊട്ടുകള്‍ എന്റെ ശരീരത്തില്‍ പുഷ്പിക്കും''നിന്റെ സൌരഭ്യം എന്റെ ശ്വാസമായിരിക്കും ''നമ്മള്‍ ഒരുമിച്ചു എല്ലാ ഋതുക്കളിലും ആഹ്ലാദിക്കും

The deeper sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles.Rather look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children.And look into space and you shall see Him walking in the cloud, outstretching His arms in the lightning and descending in rain.You shall see Him smiling in flowers, and rising and waving His hands in trees.

While the Western world has been seeking practical solutions to its problems through science, the various peoples comprising the Arabic-speaking world have preferred to look at life in poetic and philosophical terms.

When love beckons to you, follow him,Though his ways are hard and steep.And when his wings enfold you yield to him,Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.And when he speaks to you believe in him,Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.