1,015 Quotes by Khalil Gibran

The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it, And the clay that fills your ears shall be pierced by those fingers that kneaded it. And you shall see.And you shall hear.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say, "Nay, sorrow is the greater."But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed. Verily you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy.

A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

[Wer fällt] fällt für die vor ihm, die obgleich schneller und sicherer im Schritt, den Stein des Anstoßes nicht entfernten.

Bedauern ist die Trübung des Geistes und nicht seine Läuterung.

Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.