1,015 Quotes by Khalil Gibran

There is a space between man’s imagination and man’s attainment that may only be traversed by his longing.

Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.

Only once have I been made mute. It was when a man asked me, ‘Who are you?’

And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.

A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.

Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man’s life, and it is the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in all its tragic forms, a supreme motive for spiritual awakening?

One’s own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one’s Maker and no one else’s.

From a sensitive woman’s heart springs the happiness of mankind, and from the kindness of her noble spirit comes mankind’s affection.

As one’s gifts increase, his friends decrease.