1,015 Quotes by Khalil Gibran

Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.

For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended,is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

Einige Junge unter euch suchen das Vergnügen, als sei es alles, und sie werden getadelt und verurteilt. - Ich würde sie weder tadeln noch verurteilen. Ich würde sie suchen lassen.

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.

Ihr redet, wenn ihr aufhört mit euren Gedanken in Frieden zu sein.

let your soul exalt your reason to the height ofpassion, that it may sing; And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes.

And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart:Your seeds shall live in my body,And the buds of your tomorrow shall blossom in my heart,And your fragrance shall be my breath,And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons.

Ihr gebt nur wenig, wenn ihr von eurem Besitz gebt. - Erst wenn ihr von euch selber gebt, gebt ihr wahrhaft.

The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.