Khalil Gibran Quotes

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) (born Gibran Khalil Gibran, Arabic: جبران خليل جبران, Syriac: ܓ̰ܒܪܢ ܚܠܝܠ ܓ̰ܒܪܢ) (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was an artist, poet, and writer. He was born in Lebanon and spent much of his productive life in the United States. In the West he is often known as Kahlil Gibran. Born in Lebonon in 1883, he was one of the important Arabic language authors of the time. He moved to America in 1895, and went on to become a famous author and artist there as well. His art works have been exhibited around the world. His best known book ‘The Prophet’, was first published in 1923 and has been translated into over 20 languages, it also became America’s best-selling book of the century after the Bible.

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

God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

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

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

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Say not, ‘I have found the truth,’ but rather, ‘I have found a truth.’

The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.

Yesterday is but today’s memory, tomorrow is today’s dream.

In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth.

He conceals the other half out of fear of the people’s wrath.

And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.