1,015 Quotes by Khalil Gibran

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.