1,015 Quotes by Khalil Gibran

One day you will ask me which is more important – my life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem.

The heart’s affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does not die; it will pour all its vitality into the next branch so that it will grow and fill the empty place.

Your saying ‘I do not understand you’ is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve.

The power to Love is God’s greatest gift to man, For it never will be taken from the Blessed one who loves.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don’t, they never were.

The philosopher’s soul dwells in his head, the poet’s soul is in his heart; the singer’s soul lingers about his throat, but the soul of the dancer abides in all her body.

In every winter’s heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.